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. 2023 Sep 8;17:31. doi: 10.1186/s13030-023-00286-1

Table 2.

Coexisting extra-intestinal pain in IBS-D patients with abdominal pain alone vs abdominal discomfort alone

Items Pain group (n = 52) Discomfort group (n = 21) χ2-value P-value
Retrosternal pain, % 5 (9.6) 2 (9.5) 0.000 0.990
Epigastric pain, % 13 (25.0) 5 (23.8) 0.011 0.915
Headache, % 24 (46.2) 10 (47.6) 0.013 0.910
Dyspareunia, % 7 (13.5) 2 (9.5) 0.215 0.643
Dysmenorrhea, % 12 (48.0) 1 (25.0) 1.757 0.185
Other pains, % 35 (67.3) 9 (42.9) 3.735 0.053

Data presented as number (%)

IBS-D Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea