Table 2.
Patients with symptoms today , also presenting for patients asymptomatic pre-treatment
| Symptom |
All |
Asymptomatica |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nb | %b | na | nb | %b | |
| Abdominal pain (n = 918) |
81 |
8.8 |
432 |
14 |
3.2* |
| Flatulence (n = 897) |
189 |
21 |
324 |
46 |
14* |
| Hard stool (n = 879) |
95 |
11 |
708 |
43 |
6.1* |
| Soft stool (n = 926) |
130 |
14 |
423 |
24 |
5.7* |
| Fatigue (n = 927) |
202 |
22 |
349 |
42 |
12* |
| Weight loss (n = 903) |
35 |
3.8 |
539 |
11 |
2.0* |
| Mood swings (n = 903) |
56 |
6.2 |
689 |
13 |
1.9* |
| Depression (n = 913) |
63 |
6.9 |
673 |
13 |
1.9* |
| Headache (n = 894) |
77 |
8.6 |
742 |
21 |
2.8* |
| Joint pain (n = 897) |
126 |
14 |
756 |
48 |
6.3* |
| Body pain (n = 897) |
105 |
12 |
758 |
43 |
5.7* |
| Heartburn (n = 891) |
51 |
5.7 |
691 |
16 |
2.3* |
| Nausea (n = 898) |
26 |
2.9 |
762 |
12 |
1.6* |
| Vomiting (n = 910) |
8 |
0.8 |
840 |
6 |
0.7 |
| Skin rash (n = 898) |
74 |
8.2 |
763 |
26 |
3.4* |
| Mouth ulcer (n = 904) |
21 |
2.3 |
820 |
10 |
1.2* |
| Hair loss (n = 880) | 20 | 2.3 | 843 | 9 | 1.1* |
a Not reporting specific symptom pre-treatment.
b Reporting symptom today.
* Asymptomatic patients report fewer problems with symptom than symptomatic patients today.