Table 1.
Demographic and social factors
| Measure | All participants (n = 120) |
FAPDs (n = 60) |
Healthy youth (n = 60) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age * | 13.5 ± 1.9y (10.7–18.5) | 13.5 ± 1.8y (10.7–17.9) | 13.6 ± 1.9y (11.0–18.5) | |
| 10-12 years | 32 (26.7) | 16 (26.7) | 16 (26.7) | 0.58 |
| 13-18 years | 88 (73.3) | 44 (73.3) | 44 (73.3) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 60 (50.0) | 30 (50.0) | 30 (50.0) | 0.57 |
| Male | 60 (50.0) | 30 (50.0) | 30 (50.0) | |
| Race | ||||
| Mixed race | 65 (54.2) | 34 (56.7) | 31 (51.7) | 0.36 |
| White | 39 (32.5) | 16 (26.7) | 23 (38.3) | 0.12 |
| Black | 10 (8.3) | 5 (8.3) | 5 (8.3) | 0.63 |
| Native | 6 (5.0) | 5 (8.3) | 1 (1.7) | 0.10 |
| Nutritional status BMI | ||||
| Normal | 83 (69.2) | 39 (65.0) | 44 (73.3) | 0.22 |
| Malnutrition ** | 37 (30.8) | 21 (35.0) | 16 (26.7) | |
| Cesarean | 33 (27.5) | 19 (31.7) | 14 (23.3) | 0.21 |
| Prematurity | 17 (17.5) | 7 (14.6) | 10 (20.4) | 0.31 |
| Only child | 15 (12.5) | 8 (13.3) | 7 (11.7) | 0.50 |
| First born child | 53 (44.2) | 27 (45.0) | 26 (43.3) | 0.50 |
| Parents divorced/separated | 65 (54.2) | 38 (63.3) | 27 (45.0) | 0.03 |
| Family history of DGBIs | 5 (6.8) | 4 (10.8) | 1 (2.7) | 0.18 |
| Previous history of dengue | 5 (4.2) | 4 (6.7) | 1 (1.7) | 0.18 |
*
Data is formatted as mean ± standard deviation (range). All other data is formatted as value (percentage).
**
Malnutrition = Weight more than +1 Standard Deviation or −2 Standard Deviation from normal weight per WHO classification. FAPDs: Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders, DGBIs: Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction.