Table 3.
Characteristics and psychological test (STAI-I, II, ZSDS) scores of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorder
| Abused | Non-abused | p-Value | |
| irritable bowel syndrome (n = 48) | n = 6 | n = 42 | |
| Age (years) † | 28 (25,34.75) | 31.5 (19.75,39.5) | 0.6966 (a) |
| female [N (%)] | 4 (66.7) | 17 (40.5) | 0.3827 (b) |
| Duration of disease (months)† | 10.5 (6.5,75) | 16 (6.75,40.5) | 0.9130 (a) |
| STAI-I* | 59.5 ± 6.6 | 56.7 ± 8.7 | 0.4541 (c) |
| STAI-II* | 67 ± 5.8 | 56.6 ± 12.0 | 0.0047 (c) |
| ZSDS* | 53 ± 10.5 | 53.5 ± 9.1 | 0.9021 (c) |
| self-injury [N (%)] | 2 (33.3) | 13 (31) | 1.0000 (b) |
| functional dyspepsia (n = 40) | n = 3 | n = 37 | |
| Age (years) † | 31 (27,39) | 37 (24,51.5) | 0.7775 (a) |
| female [N (%)] | 2 (66.7) | 20 (54.1) | 1.0000 (b) |
| Duration of disease (months)† | 42 (3,96) | 20 (8.5,73.5) | 0.8572 (a) |
| STAI-I* | 60 ± 8.2 | 54.2 ± 12.7 | 0.4445 (c) |
| STAI-II* | 59 ± 5.3 | 54.7 ± 13.3 | 0.3167 (c) |
| ZSDS* | 54.7 ± 7.5 | 50.1 ± 8.9 | 0.3910 (c) |
| self-injury [N (%)] | 0 (0) | 4 (10.8) | 1.0000 (b) |
* The results are expressed as mean ± SD.
†The results are expressed as medians (25%, 75%).
p-Values estimated by Mann-Whitney U test (a), Fisher's exact test (b), unpaired t-test (two tailed) (c) or chi-square test with Yates's correction(d)