Table 1.
Distribution of study participants by IBS diagnosis (n=765)
| Characteristics | Total (n=767) |
IBS (n=121) |
No IBS (n=646) |
χ 2 or t-test | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Percentage | n | Percentage | n | Percentage | |||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Males | 337 | 43.9 | 33 | 9.8 | 304 | 90.2 | 16.197 | 0.000 |
| Females | 430 | 56.1 | 88 | 20.5 | 342 | 79.5 | ||
| Mean age years (SD) | 21.88 (1.99) | 21.96 (1.87) | 21.86 (2.02) | 0.513 | 0.608 | |||
| Residence region in the KSA | ||||||||
| Central | 391 | 51.0 | 53 | 13.6 | 338 | 86.4 | 3.944 | 0.414 |
| Western | 168 | 21.9 | 28 | 16.7 | 140 | 83.3 | ||
| Northern | 34 | 4.4 | 7 | 20.6 | 27 | 79.4 | ||
| Southern | 61 | 8.0 | 10 | 16.4 | 51 | 83.6 | ||
| Eastern | 113 | 14.7 | 23 | 20.4 | 90 | 79.6 | ||
| College | ||||||||
| Medical | 232 | 30.2 | 74 | 31.9 | 158 | 68.1 | 65.054 | 0.000 |
| Nonmedical | 535 | 69.8 | 47 | 8.8 | 488 | 91.2 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single | 619 | 80.7 | 87 | 14.1 | 532 | 85.9 | 7.149 | 0.007 |
| Married | 148 | 19.3 | 34 | 23.0 | 114 | 77.0 | ||
| Living condition | ||||||||
| With parents | 637 | 83.1 | 95 | 14.9 | 542 | 85.1 | 4.548 | 0.103 |
| In a rented apartment | 90 | 11.7 | 15 | 16.7 | 75 | 83.3 | ||
| On campus | 40 | 5.2 | 11 | 27.5 | 29 | 72.5 | ||
| Monthly income | ||||||||
| Enough and exceeds | 225 | 29.3 | 42 | 18.7 | 103 | 81.3 | 9.336 | 0.009 |
| Only enough or not enough | 542 | 70.7 | 79 | 21.8 | 463 | 85.4 | ||
IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome