Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics.
| IBS n = 127 | HCs n = 127 | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Effective n | Effective n | |||
| Gender—femalea | 127 | 80 (63.0) | 127 | 80 (63.0) | - |
| Age—yearsb | 127 | 36.5 (13.4) | 127 | 35.1 (13.6) | 0.52 |
| Educational level—ISCED ≤ secondarya | 127 | 37 (29.1) | 127 | 37 (29.1) | - |
| Nationality—Germana | 103 | 95 (92.2) | 127 | 117 (92.1) | >0.99 |
| Marital status—living with a partnera | 126 | 79 (62.7) | 127 | 66 (52.0) | 0.21 |
| Professional life, paid employmenta | 118 | 105 (89.0) | 124 | 107 (86.3) | 0.61 |
IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; HC, healthy controls; ISCED, International Standard Classification of Education ( ≤ 2 indicates <10 years of education).
*
P-value calculated by chi-squared method for frequencies and Kruskal-Wallis-Test for continuous variables.
a
absolute numbers and percentages N (%) were reported.
b
mean values and standard deviations M (SD) were reported.