Table 2. Relationship between IBS prevalence and participants' demographics and chronic disease presence (N=651).
IBS - irritable bowel syndrome
| Variable | IBS | χ2 | p-value | |
| No N (%) | Yes N (%) | |||
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 29 (25) | 25 (18) | 1.5 | 0.133 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 350 (72.3) | 123 (73.7) | 0.11 | 0.738 |
| Male | 134 (27.7) | 44 (26.3) | ||
| Nationality | ||||
| Non-Saudi | 23 (4.8) | 2 (1.2) | 4.24 | 0.039 |
| Saudi | 461 (95.2) | 165 (98.8) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Primary school | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2.33 | 0.802 |
| Middle school | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.6) | ||
| Secondary school | 89 (18.4) | 26 (15.6) | ||
| Bachelors | 349 (72.1) | 127 (76) | ||
| Above Bachelors | 40 (8.3) | 13 (7.8) | ||
| Master | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Employment | ||||
| Government employee | 148 (30.6) | 49 (29.3) | 2.82 | 0.727 |
| None | 57 (11.8) | 26 (15.6) | ||
| Private sector employee | 39 (8.1) | 14 (8.4) | ||
| Retired | 40 (8.3) | 10 (6) | ||
| Self-employed | 10 (2.1) | 2 (1.2) | ||
| Student | 190 (39.3) | 66 (39.5) | ||
| Monthly income | ||||
| <5000 SR | 216 (44.6) | 78 (46.7) | 0.43 | 0.934 |
| 5000-10000 SR | 91 (18.8) | 31 (18.6) | ||
| 10000-20000 SR | 145 (30) | 46 (27.5) | ||
| >20000 SR | 32 (6.6) | 12 (7.2) | ||
| Chronic diseases | ||||
| No | 392 (81) | 139 (83.2) | 0.41 | 0.519 |
| Yes | 92 (19) | 28 (16.8) | ||