Table 1.
Comparison of assumptions about bowel habits between the surrogate Rome IV FBD (not experiencing abdominal pain) and IBS-C (experiencing abdominal pain) subjects
| Total (Abdominal pain or discomfort in the last 3 months ≥ 1 day/week) |
Not experiencing abdominal pain | Experiencing abdominal pain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrogate Rome III IBS-C subjects (n = 428) | Surrogate Rome IV FBD subjects (n = 302) |
Surrogate Rome IV IBS-C subjects (n = 126) |
p-value (Surrogate Rome IV FBD vs Surrogate Rome IV IBS-C) |
|
| Female/male (n) | 305/123 (71.3/28.7) |
212/90 (70.2/29.8) |
93/33 (73.8/26.2) |
n.s. |
| Age (mean ± SD, years) | 47 ± 14 | 49 ± 14 | 43 ± 14 | < 0.001 |
| Frequency of bowel movements (median, times/week) | 3 | 3 | 3 | n.s. |
| Ideal frequency of bowel movements | n.s. | |||
| 6 times/week or less | 92 (21.5) | 71 (23.5) | 21 (16.7) | |
| 7 times/week | 319 (74.5) | 221 (73.2) | 98 (77.8) | |
| 8 times/week or more | 17 (4.0) | 10 (3.3) | 7 (5.6) | |
| Considered bowel habit to be an indicator of health | n.s. | |||
| None | 37 (8.6) | 27 (8,9) | 10 (7.9) | |
| Sometimes | 100 (23.4) | 72 (23.8) | 28 (22.2) | |
| Often | 110 (25.7) | 86 (28.5) | 24 (19.0) | |
| Mostly | 94 (22.0) | 66 (21.9) | 28 (22.2) | |
| Always | 87 (20.3) | 51 (16.9) | 36 (28.6) | |
| Degree of anxiety in daily life | p < 0.001 | |||
| None | 97 (22.7) | 72 (23.8) | 25 (19.8) | |
| Sometimes | 238 (55.6) | 176 (58.3) | 62 (49.2) | |
| Often | 72 (16.8) | 47 (15.6) | 25 (19.8) | |
| Almost | 21 (4.9) | 7 (2.3) | 14 (11.1) |
Data are expressed as n (%) unless otherwise indicated