Table 2.

Prevalence of Chronic Abdominal Pain Among 305 Children With Abdominal Pain in General Practice, According to Sex and Age Categories

	Children With Chronic Abdominal Pain, No. (%)
Participants	Baseline (n=305)	3 Months (n=266)	6 Months (n=256)	9 Months (n=246)	12 Months (n=283)
Boys
4–5 years	13 (37.1)	13 (41.9)	10 (34.5)	10 (34.5)	8 (26.7)
6–9 years	24 (50.0)	20 (42.6)	14 (33.3)	17 (42.5)	13 (27.7)
10–17 years	11 (33.3)	17 (58.6)	12 (42.9)	9 (36.0)	11 (37.9)
All	48 (41.4)	50 (46.7)	36 (36.4)	36 (38.3)	32 (30.2)
Girls
4–5 years	30 (56.6)	27 (60.0)	18 (40.0)	16 (37.2)	19 (38.0)
6–9 years	37 (47.4)	40 (61.5)	35 (53.0)	30 (48.4)	27 (36.5)
10–17 years	27 (46.6)	34 (69.4)	32 (69.6)	31 (66.0)	27 (50.9)
All	94 (49.7)	101 (63.5)	85 (54.1)	77 (50.7)	73 (41.2)
Total group	142 (46.7)	151 (56.7)	121 (47.3)	113 (45.9)	105 (37.1)