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Table 2: Prevalence of the functional gastrointestinal symptoms between the studied groups .

		Control	Cases	P value
		n = 500	n = 1006	P value
Functional dyspepsia syndrome	No	284 (56.8%)	500 (49.7%)	0.009*
Functional dyspepsia syndrome	Yes	216 (43.2%)	506 (51.3%)	0.009*
Early satiety	No	268 (53.6%)	452 (44.9%)	0.002*
Early satiety	Yes	232 (46.4%)	554 (55.1%)	0.002*
Post-prandial distress	No	282 (56.4%)	504 (50.1%)	0.021*
Post-prandial distress	Yes	218 (43.6%)	502 (49.9%)	0.021*
Epigastric pain	No	296 (59.2%)	536 (53.3%)	0.030*
Epigastric pain	Yes	204 (40.8%)	470 (46.7%)	0.030*
IBS	No	198 (39.6%)	290 (28.8%)	< 0.001*
IBS	Yes	302 (60.4%)	716 (71.2%)	< 0.001*
IBS (sub types)	No	198 (39.6%)	290 (28.8%)	< 0.001*
	Constipation	156 (31.2%)	332 (33%)
	Diarrhea	77 (15.4%)	144 (14.3%)
	Mixed	69 (13.8%)	240 (23.9%)

Chi-square test for qualitative data between the two groups

* Significant level at P value < 0.05