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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Jan 8;108(2):270–276. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2012.414

Table 4.

Age-adjusted Association between Prior Day's Alcohol Intake and GI Symptoms Presented Separately for Between- and Within-Person Variation among Women with IBS

GI symptoms Prior Day's Alcohol Intakea (n = 143)
Between-Person Variation Within-Person Variation

Coefficient (SE)b p-value Coefficient (SE)b p-value
Abdominal Pain 1.07 (0.62) 0.08 -0.07 (0.15) 0.64
Bloating 0.57 (0.08) 0.48 0.01 (0.15) 0.99
Intestinal gas 0.76 (0.64) 0.24 -0.08 (0.12) 0.53
Constipation 0.31 (0.90) 0.73 0.01 (0.15) 0.96
Diarrhea 1.46 (0.59) 0.01 0.26 (0.18) 0.16
Nausea 2.35 (0.57) <0.001 0.10 (0.17) 0.54
Stomach pain 1.98 (0.65) 0.002 0.05 (0.15) 0.76
Heartburn 0.21 (0.90) 0.82 -0.04 (0.15) 0.76
Indigestion 2.16 (0.71) 0.002 -0.16 (0.14) 0.25
a

Alcohol intake comparing 4+ vs. <4 drinks in a day

b

Coefficients are the log odds of developing the GI symptom