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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2009 Sep 6;137(6):1954–1962. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.058

Table 2.

Early adverse life events

IBS Control Total
Total (44) M (19) W (25) Total (39) M (18) W (21) 83
Any EAL 21 11 10 18 8 10 39
Physical Abuse 5 2 3 7 3 4 12
Sexual Abuse 7 3 4 6 0 6 13
Verbal Abuse 3 2 1 4 0 4 7
Trauma* 12 9 3 11 4 7 23
*

Trauma included (N): victim of crime (8), accident or disaster (11), injury or fear of (4), witness of death or injury (7), illness (1), loss (6), assault (6). M=men, W=women