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. 2011 Sep 19;3(1):21–28. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2011-100011

Table 5.

Mean age of patients with functional disease

Diagnosis Mean age (years)
Functional abdominal pain 38.6
ISTC 49.5
IBS 40.3
D-IBS 42.1
A-IBS 38.9
C-IBS 39.9
M-IBS 38.4
IBS undefined 43.7

D-IBS, diarrhoea predominant-IBS; A-IBS, alternating-IBS; C-IBS, constipation predominant-IBS; M-IBS, mixed-IBS; ISTC, idiopathic slow transit constipation; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome.