Table 5.

Operations in IBS patients vs. controls.

	IBS	Control	IBS vs. Control, Odds Ratio (95%CI)	P-Value	IBS diagnosed by GI*	IBS diagnosed by non-GI*	IBS diagnosed by GI vs. non-GI, Odds Ratio (95%CI)	P-Value
Esophageal	221 (0.2%)	172 (0.1%)	1.29 (1.05–1.57)	0.0134	52 (0.4%)	130 (0.1%)	2.80 (2.03–3.86)	<0.0001
Gastric	1,262 (0.9%)	734 (0.5%)	1.73 (1.58–1.89)	<0.0001	257 (1.8%)	809 (0.8%)	2.24 (1.94–2.58)	<0.0001
Rectal	1,936 (1.4%)	1,083 (0.8%)	1.80 (1.67–1.94)	<0.0001	286 (2.0%)	1,354 (1.3%)	1.48 (1.30–1.69)	<0.0001
Intestinal	6,921 (4.9%)	3,864 (2.7%)	1.83 (1.76–1.91)	<0.0001	1,134 (7.7%)	4,734 (4.6%)	1.73 (1.62–1.85)	<0.0001
Abdominal	3,147 (2.2%)	1,376 (1.0%)	2.32 (2.17–2.47)	<0.0001	505 (3.4%)	2,057 (2.0%)	1.74 (1.58–1.92)	<0.0001
Biliary	8,266 (5.9%)	4,094 (2.9%)	2.08 (2.00–2.16)	<0.0001	1,190 (8.1%)	5,825 (5.7%)	1.46 (1.37–1.56)	<0.0001
Gynecologic	12,154 (8.6%)	8,489 (6.0%)	1.47 (1.43–1.52)	<0.0001	1,547 (10.6%)	8,543 (8.4%)	1.30 (1.22–1.37)	<0.0001

IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome; GI: gastroenterologist; SD: Standard deviation; NA: Not applicable

^*Provider specialty known for 83% of IBS patients