Changes in bowel sounds of inpatients undergoing general anesthesia

Table 3 Statistical analysis results of CVs between Pro-op and 3 h-Pro-op

CVs	Pro-op (n = 18)	3 h-Pro-op (n = 18)	p values
Num_bs	7.0 (11.5)	20 (24)	0.015**
Sum_bs	1,417,106 (2,695,398)	4,164,854 (7,324,520)	0.036**
Sum_Duration_bs	39,630 (38,007)	83,282 (53,044)	0.015*
Mean_Duration	0.530 (0.300)	0.440 (0.236)	0.249**
Std_Duration	0.328 (0.342)	0.480 (0.366)	0.232*
Mean_Mag_bs	51.892 (41.220)	58.564 (33.982)	0.618*
Std_Mag_bs	10.417 (43.974)	35.874 (62.101)	0.232**
Mean_RR	0.078 (0.027)	0.103 (0.044)	0.170**
Std_RR-	0.029 (0.044)	0.069 (0.037)	0.036*
Mean_Lmean	28.048 (15.141)	30.685 (8.675)	0.618*
Std_Lmean	5.322 (8.423)	12.214 (9.214)	0.036**
Mean_ENTR	4.001 (0.523)	3.972 (0.264)	0.146**
Std_ENTR	0.191 (0.154)	0.393 (0.100)	0.015*
Mean_TT	30.794 (19.410)	33.285 (12.157)	0.646*
Std_TT	6.223 (9.759)	16.801 (12.988)	0.036**

Pro-op, after operation, 3 h-Pro-op, 3 h after operation
* Values of this line are presented as mean (standard deviation), and the statistical method is the paired t test when the data are normally distributed
** Values of this line are presented as median (quartile range), and the statistical method is the rank-sum test when the data are not normally distributed. CVs, characteristic values

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