Table 1:
Demographics and Clinical Characteristics
| Variable | PGI (n=186) |
PCP (n=82) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 14.5 ± 2.8 * | 13.9 ± 3.0 * | 0.11 |
| Gender | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Female | 123 (66.1) | 39 (47.5) | 0.006 |
| Male | 63 (33.9) | 43 (52.5) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 138 (74.2) | 50 (61.0) | 0.081 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 29 (15.6) | 13 (15.9) | |
| African American | 8 (4.3) | 7 (8.5) | |
| No Specified | 8 (4.3) | 7 (8.5) | |
| Asian | 2 (1.1) | 3 (3.7) | |
| Other | 1 (0.5) | 2 (2.4) | |
| Diagnosis | |||
| IBS unspecified type | 91 (48.9) | 58 (70.7) | <0.001 |
| IBS with Diarrhea | 20 (10.8) | 18 (22.0) | |
| IBS with constipation | 35 (18.8) | 1 (1.2) | |
| IBS with Constipation and Diarrhea | 16 (8.6) | 4 (4.9) | |
| Functional Dyspepsia | 14 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Functional Abdominal pain | 8 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| IBS and Functional Dyspepsia | 2 (1.1) | 1 (1.2) |
Mean ± SD