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Table 3 Comparison of degree of anxiety in daily life between female and male subjects

From: Influence of the requirement for abdominal pain in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) under the Rome IV criteria using data from a large Japanese population-based internet survey

 

Female

Male

 

Surrogate Rome IV FBD subjects

(n = 212)

Surrogate Rome IV IBS-C subjects

(n = 93)

p-value

Surrogate Rome IV FBD subjects

(n = 90)

Surrogate Rome IV IBS-C subjects

(n = 33)

p-value

Age (mean ± SD, years)

48 ± 13

42 ± 13

< 0.001

51 ± 15

48 ± 15

n.s.

Degree of anxiety in daily life

  

< 0.01

  

n.s.

 None

50 (23.6)

17 (18.3)

 

22 (24.4)

8 (24.2)

 

 Sometimes

124 (58.5)

45 (48.4)

 

52 (57.8)

17 (51.5)

 

 Often

32 (15.1)

21 (22.6)

 

15 (16.7)

4 (12.1)

 

 Almost

6 (2.8)

10 (10.8)

 

1 (1.1)

4 (12.1)

 
  1. Data are expressed as n (%) unless otherwise indicated