Table 3.
Sociographic data and health problems and life satisfaction in functionally constipated participants (n = 214) in the telephone survey by type of constipation (IBS-C, FC-R, and FC—see text for definitions). Data are unweighted.
| Variable name | IBS-C, N = 64 | FC-R, N = 36 | FC, N = 114 | Statistics# | |||
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| ANOVA or chi-square | Pairwise post hoc test | ||||||
| 1-2 | 1–3 | 2-3 | |||||
| Personal data | |||||||
| Age (mean, SD) | 44.1 ± 1.6 | 44.6 ± 2.9 | 43.2 ± 1.5 | n.s. | — | — | — |
| Male : female | 17 : 47 | 12 : 24 | 41 : 73 | n.s. | — | — | — |
| Height (m) | 1.70 ± 0.01 | 1.68 ± 0.02 | 1.70 ± 0.01 | n.s. | — | — | — |
| Weight (kg) | 72.0 ± 2.2 | 65.9 ± 1.9 | 72.2 ± 1.5 | n.s. | — | — | — |
| BMI | 24.7 ± 0.6 | 23.3 ± 0.5 | 24.8 ± 0.5 | n.s. | — | — | — |
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| Social situation | |||||||
| Education: secondary+ | 27 | 9 | 39 | n.s. | — | — | — |
| Full-time/part time (1) | 31 | 25 | 56 |
1/2 versus 3/5 4 excluded: n.s. |
— | — | — |
| Mini job, occasional (2) | 9 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Not working, training (3) | 13 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Parent time (4) | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Retired (5) | 8 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Income: >2,500€/mo | 24 | 17 | 39 | n.s. | — | — | — |
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| Life satisfaction | |||||||
| Fully (1) | 15 | 14 | 40 |
1/2 versus 3/4: p = 0.048 |
∗ | n.s. | n.s. |
| Rather (2) | 36 | 21 | 59 | ||||
| Rather not (3) | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Not at all (4) | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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| General health | |||||||
| Very good (1) | 13 | 6 | 30 |
1/2 versus 3/4/5: n.s. |
— | — | — |
| Good (2) | 28 | 20 | 52 | ||||
| Satisfactory (3) | 12 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| Less good (4) | 8 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Bad (5) | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
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| Health problems | |||||||
| Sick the last 4 wks: no | 48 | 33 | 93 | n.s. | — | — | — |
| Back pain: yes | 43 | 22 | 59 | n.s. | — | — | — |
| Circulation: yes | 22 | 10 | 21 | n.s. | — | ∗ | — |
| Gynacological: yes | 8/47 | 1/24 | 12/73 | n.s.+ | — | — | — |
| Urological: yes | 1 | 4 | 8 | n.s.+ | — | — | — |
| Gastrointestinal: yes | 29 | 9 | 22 | p < 0.001 | n.s. | ∗∗∗ | n.s. |
#ANOVA: univariate, 3 groups, or 2 × 3 chi-square: in case of significance, pairwise post hoc comparisons; +number with secondary school finished (maturation); ∗∗∗post hoc testing: ∗∗∗ p < 0.001; ∗∗ p < 0.01; ∗ p < 0.05; +Fisher's Exact Test; n.s.: not significant.