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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 Mar 1;106(7):1333–1339. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2011.21

Table 2.

Patient-Reported Symptoms by Serology Status. (BM : Bowel Movement)

Symptom Negative (n=3816) Positive (n=31) Logistic Result OR (95% CI) [p- value]
Feeling full 1253 (34%) [180] 14 (47%) [1] 1.58 (0.76, 3.29) [0.22]
Bloating 1305 (37%) [249] 9 (30%) [1] 0.69 (0.31, 1.52) [0.35]
Heartburn 1463 (41%) [226] 12 (40%) [1] 0.94 (0.45, 1.95) [0.86]
Nausea 501 (14%) [208] 4 (14%) [2] 0.87 (0.30, 2.56) [0.80]
Vomiting 132 (4%) [274] 1 (4%) [3] 0.91 (0.12, 6.77) [0.92]
Diarrhea 964 (27%) [223] 5 (17%) [1] 0.52 (0.20, 1.38) [0.19]
Constipation 1114 (31%) [239] 11 (38%) [2] 1.33 (0.61, 2.89) [0.47]
>3 BMs a day 810 (23%) [253] 2 (7%) [1] 0.24 (0.06, 1.01) [0.05]
<3 BMs a week 431 (12%) [296] 4 (13%) [1] 1.01 (0.35, 2.96) [0.98]
Lumpy or hard BMs 1137 (32%) [245] 10 (34%) [2] 1.09 (0.50, 2.39) [0.82]
Watery BMs 870 (24%) [256] 5 (17%) [2] 0.63 (0.24, 1.66) [0.35]
Urgent need to have BM 1259 (35%) [242] 9 (31%) [2] 0.84 (0.38, 1.85) [0.66]
Any symptoms 2924 (81%) [216] 24 (80%) [1] 0.87 (0.35, 2.17) [0.77]
Sum of symptomsρ 3.0 ± 2.6 [120] 2.9 ± 2.8 [1] 0.96 (0.83, 1.11) [0.56]
NDI symptom scoreρ 28.6 ± 8.7 [117] 27.8 ± 9.7 [1] 0.98 (0.94, 1.03) [0.46]

Unless indicated otherwise, count (%) [# subjects with missing data] values provided

Adjusted for age and gender

ρ

Mean ± SD [# subjects with missing data]