Table 2.
Demographics of respondents to the GI symptom survey
| Characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Number of respondents | 516 | 100 |
| Sex | ||
| Females | 438 | 84.9 |
| Males | 77 | 14.9 |
| Other | 1 | 0.2 |
| UK residence | ||
| Lived in UK for > 5 years | 496 | 96.1 |
| Diet type* | ||
| Typical UK diet | 260 | 50.4 |
| Mixture of typical UK food and that of other cultures | 246 | 47.7 |
| Food traditional to ethnic group | 10 | 1.9 |
| Education level | ||
| Schooling completed at 16y | 35 | 6.8 |
| Schooling completed at 17-18y | 77 | 14.9 |
| Undergraduate programme | 191 | 37 |
| Postgraduate programme | 207 | 40.1 |
| GI health | ||
| No diagnosis of any conditions affecting bowel/intestinal health | 372 | 72.1 |
| IBS (self-reported) | 100 | 19.4 |
| Other bowel/intestinal conditions (self-reported) | 44 | 8.5 |
| Fibre-rich food consumption | ||
| Considers their own diet to be high in fibre | 171 | 33.1 |
| Eats ≥ 5 portions of fruit and vegetables/day | 256 | 49.6 |
| Smoking and alcohol | ||
| Cigarette smokers | 28 | 5.4 |
| Alcohol drinkers | 403 | 78.1 |
| Consume < 1–13 units of alcohol/week | 367 | 71.1 |
| Consume ≥ 14 units of alcohol/week | 36 | 7.0 |
*No additional information regarding what constituted each diet type was given