Table 1.

Characteristics of the study groups.

Characteristics	Constipated (± S)	Control (± S)	t	P
Sex	Female	Female
Age	33.63 ± 6.584	32.07 ± 6.968	-0.686	0.496
BMI	21.82 ± 2.863	22.25 ± 2.010	0.895	0.374
ALT	14.573 ± 6.939	15.377 ± 6.156	-0.474	0.637
AST	20.443 ± 7.875	21.000 ± 7.400	-0.282	0.779
FBG	4.916 ± 0.551	4.910 ± 0.308	0.052	0.959
TBIL	11.170 ± 4.284	12.070 ± 3.776	-0.863	0.392
ALB	45.000 ± 6.497	44.293 ± 2.049	0.568	0.572
TBA	2.717 ± 1.405	2.700 ± 1.634	0.042	0.966
CHO	4.244 ± 0.763	3.969 ± 0.699	1.458	0.150
TG	1.149 ± 1.040	0.935 ± 0.470	1.026	0.309
HDL	1.413 ± 0.272	1.430 ± 0.324	-0.220	0.826
LDL	2.410 ± 0.528	2.220 ± 0.466	1.475	0.146