Table 2 |
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Prevalence of signs and symptoms in patients with IBS, functional dyspepsia or organic disease and controls, and comparisons of IBS with dyspepsia and organic disease patients using logistic regression models. |
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IBS (n = 55) |
Functional dyspepsia (n = 17) |
Organic disease (n = 37) |
Healthy controls (n = 50) |
IBS vs Dyspepsia |
IBS vs Organic Disease |
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% |
% |
% |
% |
× 2statistic (change df), p-value |
× 2statistic (change df), p-value |
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Abdominal pain >6 times last year |
96 |
100 |
89 |
36 |
ns |
ns |
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Location of pain*: |
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Upper abdomen |
4 |
94 |
55 |
50 |
58.01 (2), p < 0.0001 |
32.70 (2), p < 0.001 |
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Lower abdomen |
45 |
0 |
15 |
22 |
17.70 (2), p < 0.001 |
30.42 (2), p < 0.001 |
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All abdomen |
51 |
6 |
30 |
28 |
13.33 (2), p < 0.001 |
12.87 (2), p < 0.001 |
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Presence of pain*: |
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<1 year |
34 |
29 |
55 |
28 |
ns |
ns |
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<2 years |
17 |
24 |
18 |
17 |
ns |
ns |
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>2 years |
49 |
47 |
27 |
56 |
ns |
ns |
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Duration of pain*: |
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>6 hours |
40 |
35 |
39 |
17 |
ns |
ns |
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Frequency of pain*: |
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> once a week |
74 |
77 |
70 |
22 |
ns |
ns |
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Pain reflection*: |
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No reflection |
73 |
70 |
61 |
88 |
ns |
ns |
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Spine |
6 |
12 |
21 |
6 |
ns |
ns |
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Hips |
13 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
ns |
ns |
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Elsewhere |
8 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
ns |
ns |
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Night pain (wakes subject)* |
26 |
71 |
61 |
28 |
9.76 (2), p < 0.01 |
9.48 (2), p < 0.01 |
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Pain relieved by antacids* |
19 |
71 |
36 |
50 |
17.48 (2), p < 0.001 |
6.06 (2), p < 0.05 |
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Pain affected by eating* |
30 |
77 |
46 |
50 |
13.13 (2), p < 0.01 |
ns |
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Pain appears after meal* |
21 |
47 |
36 |
22 |
7.30 (2), p < 0.05 |
ns |
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Pain alleviated by eating* |
6 |
24 |
6 |
33 |
ns |
ns |
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Pain made worse by eating* |
19 |
41 |
21 |
11 |
ns |
ns |
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Pain relieved by defecation* |
66 |
0 |
39 |
33 |
29.05 (2), p < 0.001 |
7.24 (2), p < 0.05 |
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More stools when pain begins* |
49 |
6 |
30 |
17 |
14.82 (2), p < 0.001 |
ns |
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Looser stools when pain begins* |
53 |
6 |
33 |
17 |
13.72 (2), p < 0.05 |
ns |
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Pain worse after defecation* |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ns |
ns |
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Change noticed in bowel habits in the last year |
24 |
6 |
35 |
4 |
3.91 (1), p < 0.05 |
ns |
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>3 bowel movements/day |
16 |
0 |
35 |
4 |
6.46 (1), p < 0.05 |
ns |
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<3 bowel movements/week |
20 |
18 |
11 |
20 |
ns |
ns |
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Have both constipation and diarrhoea |
24 |
12 |
16 |
6 |
ns |
ns |
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Take medication for constipation |
16 |
6 |
11 |
6 |
ns |
ns |
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Stools often hard |
40 |
41 |
27 |
20 |
ns |
ns |
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Have difficulty defecating |
51 |
29 |
30 |
14 |
ns |
ns |
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Stools often loose & watery |
38 |
12 |
38 |
10 |
5.07 (1), p < 0.05 |
ns |
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Feeling of incomplete emptying |
47 |
12 |
32 |
4 |
9.22 (1), p < 0.01 |
ns |
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Often feel that can't delay defecation |
36 |
18 |
35 |
8 |
4.14 (1), p < 0.05 |
ns |
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Passage of mucus |
27 |
0 |
24 |
2 |
7.48 (1), p < 0.01 |
ns |
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See blood on defecation: |
31 |
6 |
24 |
14 |
ns |
ns |
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when wiping |
29 |
6 |
22 |
14 |
ns |
ns |
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in stools |
15 |
6 |
16 |
2 |
ns |
ns |
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Have haemorrhoids |
36 |
12 |
24 |
16 |
ns |
ns |
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Need to defecate wakes subject |
9 |
6 |
22 |
0 |
ns |
ns |
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Incontinence |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
ns |
ns |
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Abdominal distension |
82 |
88 |
51 |
28 |
ns |
5.58 (1), p < 0.05 |
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Have previously visited physician for one of the problems mentioned |
86 |
94 |
70 |
12 |
ns |
ns |
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*For pain related questions, the percentages displayed are the percentages of those subjects who have the pain symptom (55 IBS, all 17 functional dyspepsia, 33 organic disease, 18 controls) |
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Mouzas et al. BMC Public Health 2002 2:8 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-2-8 |
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