Table 1:
Symptoms by Age and Sex
| Children n=112 | Adolescents n=127 | Children vs Adolescents P Value | All Male vs Females P Value | |||||
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| Male n=46 (%) | Female n=66 (%) | P Value | Male n=25 (%) | Female n=102 (%) | P Value | |||
| Abdominal pain | 25 (54.3) | 50 (75.8) | .018 | 16 (64.0) | 81 (79.4) | .10 | 0.11 | 0.001 |
| Vomiting | 30 (65.2) | 39 (59.1) | .51 | 12 (48.0) | 70 (68.6) | .053 | 0.64 | 0.40 |
| Nausea | 23 (50.0) | 38 (57.6) | .43 | 13 (52.0) | 73 (73.7) | .061 | 0.008 | 0.04 |
| Constipation | 24 (52.2) | 33 (50.0) | .82 | 11 (44.0) | 44 (43.1) | .94 | 0.24 | 0.62 |
| Early satiety | 13 (28.3) | 22 (33.3) | .57 | 7 (25.0) | 29 (29.3) | .66 | 0.82 | 0.83 |
| Weight loss | 8 (17.4) | 9 (13.6) | .57 | 9 (36.0) | 38 (37.3) | .91 | <.001 | 0.52 |
| Regurgitation | 13 (28.3) | 6 (9.1) | .008 | 2 (8.0) | 8 (7.8) | .98 | 0.03 | 0.006 |
| Diarrhea | 3 (6.5) | 3 (4.5) | .65 | 3 (12.0) | 9 (8.8) | .63 | 0.23 | 0.73 |
| Distension | 1 (2.2) | 3 (4.5) | .51 | 0 (0) | 10 (9.8) | .10 | 0.16 | 0.057 |
| Poor weight gain | 4 (8.7) | 7 (10.6) | .74 | 3 (12.0) | 1 (1.0) | .005 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| Belching | 1 (2.2) | 1 (1.5) | .80 | 1 (4.0) | 4 (3.9) | .99 | 0.33 | 0.95 |
| Dysphagia | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0) | .09 | 1 (4.0) | 4 (3.9) | .99 | 0.45 | 0.44 |