Table 1.
Demographic characters in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and healthy control (HC) groups.
| Demographic | n | HC (n = 21) |
IBS (n = 80) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 72 | 11 (52.38%) | 61 (76.25%) | 0.060 | |
| Male | 29 | 10 (47.62%) | 19 (23.75%) | ||
| Race | |||||
| White | 73 | 11 (52.38%) | 62 (77.50%) | 0.070 | |
| Asian | 16 | 6 (28.57%) | 10 (12.50%) | ||
| Black or African American | 12 | 4 (19.05%) | 8 (10.00%) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 84 | 16 (76.19%) | 68 (85.00%) | 0.360 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 4 (19.05%) | 7 (8.75%) | ||
| Not reported | 6 | 1 (4.76%) | 5 (6.25%) | ||
| Education | |||||
| High school or lower | 8 | 2 (9.52%) | 6 (7.50%) | 0.151 | |
| Some college, no degree Associate degree: academic program |
63 3 |
16 (76.19%) 1 (4.76%) |
47 (58.75%) 1 (1.25%) |
||
| Bachelor degree | 16 | 2 (9.52%) | 14 (17.50%) | ||
| Master degree | 12 | 0 (0.00%) | 12 (15.00%) | ||
| Caregiver Primary Type | |||||
| Parent or legal guardian | 53 | 14 (66.67%) | 39 (48.75%) | 0.117 | |
| Self | 46 | 6 (28.57%) | 40 (50.00%) | ||
| Other | 2 | 1 (4.76%) | 1 (1.25%) | ||
| Employment Status | |||||
| Student | 75 | 18 (85.71%) | 57 (71.250%) | 0.269 | |
| Working now | 22 | 2 (9.52%) | 20 (25.00%) | ||
| Looking for work, Unemployed | 4 | 1 (4.76%) | 3 (3.750%) | ||
| Marital Status | |||||
| Never married | 98 | 21 (100.00%) | 77 (96.25%) | 1 | |
| Married | 3 | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (3.75%) | ||
| Mean (SD) | Median (Range) | ||||
| HC | IBS | HC | IBS | p-Value | |
| Age | 20.14 (1.39) | 20.39 (2.57) | 20 (18–28) | 21 (18–23) | 0.0717 |