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. 2021 Jan 21;11:2021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81825-0

Table 5.

Factors associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders.

Characteristics No FGID (%) (n = 129) Any FGIDs (%) (n = 83) P OR (95% CI)
Age (years)
< 35 89 (70.08) 38 (29.92) < 0.01
≥ 35 40 (47.06) 45 (52.94)
Race
Han 111 (59.68) 75 (40.32) 0.35
The other 18 (69.23) 8 (30.77)
BMI (kg/m2)
18.5–24.9 80 (66.13) 68 (69.88) 0.35
≥ 25 39 (33.87) 25 (30.12)
Marital status
Single 30 (71.43) 12 (28.57) 0.12
Married 99 (59.24) 71 (41.76)
Education
University 129 (61.43) 81 (38.57) 0.07
Postgraduate 0 2 (100.00)
Alcohol
No 79 (64.23) 44 (35.77) 0.41
Yes 37 (54.51) 31 (45.59)
Cessation 13 (61.90) 8 (38.10)
Smoke
No 62 (61.39) 39 (38.61) 1.00
Yes 63 (60.58) 41 (39.42)
Cessation 4 (57.14) 3 (42.86)
Flight level
Captain 10 (40.00) 15 (60.00) < 0.01 0.59 (0.31, 0.80)
First officer 42 (54.55) 35 (45.45)
Second officer 23 (54.76) 19 (45.24)
Pilot cadet 54 (79.41) 14 (20.59)
Flight time per month
< 10 h 37 (71.15) 15 (28.85) 0.03
10–19 h 57 (64.04) 32 (35.96)
≥ 20 h 35 (49.30) 36 (50.70)
Long voyage frequency per month
0 62 (59.05) 43 (40.95) 0.29
1–2 times 48 (67.61) 23 (32.39)
3–4 times 19 (52.78) 17 (47.22)
Vegetarian pattern
< P33.3 52 (56.52) 40 (43.48) 0.22
P33.3–P66.6 35 (58.33) 25 (41.67)
> P66.6 42 (70.00) 18 (30.00)
High-salt food pattern
< P33.3 59 (80.82) 14 (19.18) < 0.01 2.31 (1.28, 4.16)
P33.3–P66.6 39 (57.35) 29 (42.65)
> P66.6 31 (43.66) 40 (56.34)
Starch food pattern
< P33.3 48 (55.17) 39 (44.83) 0.27
P33.3–P66.6 50 (67.57) 24 (32.43)
> P66.6 31 (60.78) 20 (39.22)
Protein food pattern
< P33.3 50 (56.18) 39 (43.82) 0.26
P33.3–P66.6 48 (68.57) 22 (31.43)
> P66.6 31 (58.49) 22 (41.51)
Anxiety
Yes 8 (32.00) 17 (68.00) < 0.01
No 121 (64.71) 66 (35.29)
Depression
Yes 39 (54.17) 33 (45.83) 0.15
No 90 (64.29) 50 (35.71)
Physical activity
Low 15 (75.00) 5 (25.00) 0.39
Median 49 (59.76) 26 (40.24)
High 65 (59.09) 45 (40.91)
Sleep performance
Sleep quality (PSQI score: 1–5) 6 (50.00) 6 (50.00) < 0.01 2.39 (1.11, 5.14)
Sleep latency (PSQI score: 6–10) 52 (80.00) 13 (20.00)
Sleep duration (PSQI score: 11–15) 69 (53.49) 60 (46.51)
Sleep disturbance (PSQI score: 16–21) 2 (33.33) 4 (66.67)

aOR was obtained from stepwise logistic regression analysis.