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. 2020 Jul 1;34:72. doi: 10.34171/mjiri.34.72

Table 3. Odds Ratio for Irritable Bowel Syndrome for various independent variables .

Variable P-value c Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Smoking Status
Yes
No
0.015
0.33 (0.14-0.81)
3.00 (1.23-7.30)
0.33 (0.13-0.80)
3.03 (1.24-7.44)
Duration of Smoking*
Less than 10 pack-years
Greater than 10 pack-years
0.450
0.450
1.91 (0.36-10.22)
0.52 (0.10-2.80)
1.94 (0.39-10.25)
0.55 (0.13-2.83)
Food Groups
Meat products
Dairy products
Fried Food
Spicy Food
0.344
0.974
0.103
0.162
0.61 (0.21-1.71)
0.98 (0.21-4.44)
0.51 (0.23-1.15)
0.57 (0.26-1.25)
0.57 (0.17-1.80)
1.13 (0.23-5.64)
0.96 (0.31-2.93)
0.72 (0.25-2.07)
Gender
Male
Female
0.000
0.28 (0.13-0.64)
3.57 (1.56-7.69)
0.26 (0.10-0.69)
3.55 (1.54-7.71)
Age (years) 0.982 1.00 (0.97-1.03) 1.03 (0.99-1.07)
BMI (kg/m2) 0.163 0.94 (0.85-1.03) 0.95 (0.87-1.04)

*One pack year= 20 cigarettes (1 pack) smoked per day for one year; cP-value <0.05 considered statistically significant

OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval; BMI: Body Mass Index