Table 3:
Specific Food Sensitivity Outcomes by Cohort
| IC/BPS Cohort (N=266) |
Other Pelvic Pain Cohort (N=68) |
Healthy Control (N=91) |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foods previously identified as least bothersome (“non-bothersome”) to IC/BPS patients (n=13) | Sensitive to at least one food | 0.0171 | |||
| No | 196 (73.7%) | 61 (89.7%) | 72 (79.1%) | ||
| Yes | 70 (26.3%) | 7 (10.3%) | 19 (20.9%) | ||
| Number of foods sensitive to | 0.0142 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.4 (1.1) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.3 (0.7) | ||
| Median | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Interquartile range | 0.0, 1.0 | 0.0, 0.0 | 0.0, 0.0 | ||
| Food item worsens symptoms | |||||
| Pears | 8 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Beef | 11 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Tuna | 6 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Chicken | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Milk | 20 (8%) | 2 (3%) | 5 (5%) | ||
| Water | 32 (12%) | 5 (7%) | 14 (15%) | ||
| Prelief | 3 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Tums | 4 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Metamucil/FiberCon | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Senekot | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Aloe Vera | 3 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Rice | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| White Potatoes | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Foods previously identified as bothersome to IC/BPS patients (n=34) | Sensitive to at least one food | <0.0011 | |||
| No | 86 (32.3%) | 45 (66.2%) | 62 (68.1%) | ||
| Yes | 180 (67.7%) | 23 (33.8%) | 29 (31.9%) | ||
| Number of foods sensitive to | <0.0012 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 6.5 (7.3) | 1.8 (3.1) | 1.8 (3.5) | ||
| Median | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Interquartile range | 0.0, 10.0 | 0.0, 2.5 | 0.0, 2.0 | ||
| Food item worsens symptoms | |||||
| Grapefruit | 63 (23%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Lemons | 65 (24%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Oranges | 54 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Pineapples | 44 (17%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Cranberry Juice | 52 (20%) | 2 (2%) | 5 (5%) | ||
| Grapefruit Juice | 59 (22%) | 4 (6%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Orange Juice | 74 (27%) | 3 (4%) | 4 (4%) | ||
| Pineapple Juice | 42 (15%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Chili | 67 (25%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Burritos | 47 (18%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Hot Peppers | 80 (30%) | 5 (7%) | 5 (5%) | ||
| Mexican Food | 69 (25%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (4%) | ||
| Indian Food | 35 (13%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Thai Food | 34 (12%) | 3 (4%) | 4 (4%) | ||
| Beer | 71 (26%) | 10 (15%) | 17 (18%) | ||
| Red Wine | 57 (21%) | 7 (10%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| White Wine | 48 (18%) | 6 (8%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Champagne | 41 (15%) | 6 (8%) | 5 (5%) | ||
| Liquor and Mixed Drinks | 76 (29%) | 7 (10%) | 7 (7%) | ||
| Caffeinated Coffee | 110 (41%) | 16 (24%) | 19 (21%) | ||
| Decaffeinated Coffee | 34 (12%) | 5 (7%) | 7 (7%) | ||
| Caffeinated Tea | 90 (34%) | 11 (16%) | 13 (14%) | ||
| Decaffeinated Tea | 28 (11%) | 5 (7%) | 6 (7%) | ||
| Cola Soda | 104 (39%) | 8 (12%) | 18 (19%) | ||
| Non-Cola Soda | 50 (18%) | 3 (4%) | 7 (7%) | ||
| Diet Soda | 52 (20%) | 5 (7%) | 11 (12%) | ||
| Nutrasweet | 18 (7%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Sweet & Low | 19 (7%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Equal | 21 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Saccharin | 20 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| MSG | 36 (14%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Vinegar | 39 (15%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Horseradish | 42 (15%) | 2 (2%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Tomato/tomato sauce | 74 (28%) | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) |
1
Fishers Exact
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Kruskal Wallis