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. 2015 Oct;3(5 Suppl):146–687. doi: 10.1177/2050640615601623

Chronic medical diagnoses in families of IBS patients versus control subjects (*= p < 0.05):

IBS families (%) Control families (%) Odds Ratio
Fibromyalgia 7.6* 3.0 2.64
Asthma 22.5 19.6 1.19
TMJ 14.8* 5.7 2.84
Chronic fatigue 5.3* 0.9 6.06
Migraines 38.3* 20.2 2.45
Tension Headaches 38.9* 18.5 2.81
Insomnia 27.9* 12.4 2.74
Back pain 32.7* 20.3 1.91
Chronic Pelvic Pain 3.2 1.2 2.60
Interstitial Cystitis 2.0 1.2 1.62
Prostatitis 5.3 3.0 1.79
Dysmenorrhea 5.5 2.7 2.08