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Table 3 Characteristics and psychological test (STAI-I, II, ZSDS) scores of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorder

From: Childhood physical abuse in outpatients with psychosomatic symptoms

 

Abused

Non-abused

p-Value

irritable bowel syndrome (n = 48)

n = 6

n = 42

 

Age (years) †

28 (25,34.75)

31.5 (19.75,39.5)

0.6966 (a)

female [N (%)]

4 (66.7)

17 (40.5)

0.3827 (b)

Duration of disease (months)†

10.5 (6.5,75)

16 (6.75,40.5)

0.9130 (a)

STAI-I*

59.5 ± 6.6

56.7 ± 8.7

0.4541 (c)

STAI-II*

67 ± 5.8

56.6 ± 12.0

0.0047 (c)

ZSDS*

53 ± 10.5

53.5 ± 9.1

0.9021 (c)

self-injury [N (%)]

2 (33.3)

13 (31)

1.0000 (b)

functional dyspepsia (n = 40)

n = 3

n = 37

 

Age (years) †

31 (27,39)

37 (24,51.5)

0.7775 (a)

female [N (%)]

2 (66.7)

20 (54.1)

1.0000 (b)

Duration of disease (months)†

42 (3,96)

20 (8.5,73.5)

0.8572 (a)

STAI-I*

60 ± 8.2

54.2 ± 12.7

0.4445 (c)

STAI-II*

59 ± 5.3

54.7 ± 13.3

0.3167 (c)

ZSDS*

54.7 ± 7.5

50.1 ± 8.9

0.3910 (c)

self-injury [N (%)]

0 (0)

4 (10.8)

1.0000 (b)

  1. * The results are expressed as mean ± SD.
  2. †The results are expressed as medians (25%, 75%).
  3. p-Values estimated by Mann-Whitney U test (a), Fisher's exact test (b), unpaired t-test (two tailed) (c) or chi-square test with Yates's correction(d)