Table 2.
Distribution of study participants by lifestyle characteristics, family history, and emotional stress (n=767)
| Characteristics | Total (n=766) |
IBS (n=121) |
No IBS (n=646) |
χ2 | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Percentage | n | Percentage | n | Percentage | |||
| Sleep quality | ||||||||
| Good | 319 | 41.6 | 25 | 7.8 | 294 | 92.2 | 25.905 | 0.000 |
| Bad | 448 | 58.4 | 96 | 21.4 | 352 | 78.6 | ||
| Exercise | ||||||||
| Yes, regularly | 141 | 18.4 | 12 | 8.5 | 129 | 91.5 | 6.730 | 0.010 |
| No | 624 | 81.6 | 108 | 17.3 | 516 | 72.7 | ||
| Smoking | ||||||||
| Yes, regularly | 124 | 18.4 | 34 | 27.4 | 90 | 72.6 | 15.404 | 0.000 |
| No | 641 | 81.6 | 86 | 13.4 | 555 | 86.6 | ||
| Family history | ||||||||
| Yes | 204 | 26.6 | 42 | 20.6 | 162 | 79.4 | 5.099 | 0.032 |
| No/Don’t know | 562 | 73.4 | 78 | 13.9 | 484 | 86.1 | ||
| Emotional stress | 562 | 73.4 | 78 | 13.9 | 484 | 86.1 | ||
| Yes | 322 | 42 | 76 | 23.6 | 246 | 76.4 | 25.587 | 0.000 |
| No | 445 | 58 | 45 | 10.1 | 400 | 89.9 | ||