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Table 1 Prevalence of abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders according to sex

From: Functional gastrointestinal diseases and psychological maladjustment, personality traits and quality of life

 

Boys

(n = 779)

Girls

(n = 918)

Total

(n = 1697)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - Total

38

4.9%

36

3.9%

74

4.4%

 IBS-diarrhoea predominant

11

1.4%

11

1.2%

22

1.3%

 IBS-constipation predominant

5

0.6%

13

1.4%

18

1.1%

 IBS-mixed

8

1.0%

5

0.5%

13

0.8%

 IBS-untyped

14

1.8%

7

0.8%

21

1.2%

Functional dyspepsia

8

1.0%

17

1.9%

25

1.5%

Abdominal migraine

13

1.7%

41*

4.5%

54

3.2%

Functional abdominal pain

40

5.1%

27

2.9%

67

4.0%

Abdominal pain predominant FGDs-total

80

10.3%

122

13.3%

202

11.9%

  1. FGIDs = functional gastrointestinal disorders
  2. *p = 0.001, chi-square test, girls vs. boys