Cognition of abdominal pain and abdominal discomfort in Chinese patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea

Table 1 Demographic data of IBS-D patients with abdominal pain alone vs abdominal discomfort alone

Variable	Pain group (n = 52)	Discomfort group (n = 21)	t / χ²-value	P-value
Male, %	27 (51.9)	17 (81.0)	5.265	0.022
Age in years	40.1 ± 10.89	39.7 ± 9.82	0.157	0.876
BMI in kg/m²	23.6 ± 3.94	23.5 ± 2.96	0.097	0.923
Physical labor, %	13 (25.0)	5 (23.8)	0.011	0.915
Education Level, college and above, %	33 (63.5)	13 (61.9)	0.941	0.625
Family economic status, well-off & above, %	41 (78.8)	17 (81.0)	0.041	0.840

Data presented as number (%) or mean ± SD
IBS-D Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, BMI Body mass index, SD Standard deviation

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