Table 4.
Comparison of degree of anxiety in daily life between subjects aged 20–49 and 50–79 years
| Age 20–49 years | Age 50–79 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrogate Rome IV FBD subjects (n = 139) |
Surrogate Rome IV IBS-C subjects (n = 86) |
p-value | Surrogate Rome IV FBD subjects (n = 163) |
Surrogate Rome IV IBS-C subjects (n = 40) |
p-value | |
| Female/male (n) | 101/38 (72.7/27.3) |
68/18 (79.1/20.9) |
n.s. | 111/52 (68.1/31.9) |
25/15 (62.5/37.5) |
n.s. |
| Age (mean ± SD, years) | 37 ± 9 | 36 ± 8 | n.s. | 60 ± 8 | 60 ± 7 | n.s. |
| Degree of anxiety in daily life | < 0.05 | n.s. | ||||
| None | 28 (20.1) | 11 (12.8) | 44 (27.0) | 14 (35.0) | ||
| Sometimes | 75 (54.0) | 41 (47.7) | 101 (62.0) | 21 (52.5) | ||
| Often | 31 (22.3) | 22 (25.6) | 16 (9.8) | 3 (7.5) | ||
| Almost | 5 (3.6) | 12 (14.0) | 2 (1.2) | 2 (5.0) | ||
Data are expressed as n (%) unless otherwise indicated