Table 5.

Logistic regression models investigating potential associations between shiftwork status and stool patterns (constipation and diarrhea).

	Constipation	p	Diarrhea	p
Sex
Female	2.61 (1.51–4.52)	0.002	1.20 (0.75–1.94)	0.416
Male	-		-
Age
18–24 years	-		-
25–34 years	0.32 (0.17–0.60)	0.002	2.24 (1.18–4.29)	0.017
35–44 years	0.47 (0.28–0.79)	0.007	2.59 (1.47–4.55)	0.003
45–54 years	0.43 (0.20–0.91)	0.031	2.34 (1.28–4.30)	0.009
55–64 years	0.29 (0.17–0.52)	<0.001	3.01 (1.48–6.13)	0.005
>65 years	0.21 (0.08–0.59)	0.005	4.24 (2.31–7.81)	<0.001
Ethnicity
Mexican American	0.78 (0.52–1.17)	0.218	1.20 (0.78–1.85)	0.370
Other Hispanic	1.15 (0.69–1.91)	0.561	1.53 (1.04–2.24)	0.032
Non-Hispanic White	-	-	-	-
Non-Hispanic Black	1.57 (0.91–2.68)	0.097	0.61 (0.33–1.15)	0.120
Other race	0.45 (0.20–1.01)	0.053	0.81 (0.28–2.36)	0.693
Shiftwork status
Day workers	-		-
Shift workers	0.80 (0.53–1.20)	0.260	1.51 (0.97–2.37)	0.067

Table 5 legend: OR are displayed with their 95% confidence intervals and p-value. The symbol “-” indicates the reference category. p = p-value.