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Table 1 Demographics of the students from middle schools in various areas

From: Health education program improves QOL in students with irritable bowel syndrome after the Wenchuan earthquake: a five-year multi-center study

Characteristics(unit)

No-education group Mean(SD) or n(%)

Education group Mean(SD) or n(%)

Statistics

P

Longquanyi District

ā€ƒAge(years)

13.8(1.65)

15.1(1.75)

āˆ’4.22

0.001**

Gender

ā€ƒMale

25(40.98)

21(34.43)

0.56

0.45

ā€ƒFemale

36(59.02)

40(65.57)

Ethnicity

ā€ƒHan

61(100.00)

61(100.00)

ā€“

1.00*

ā€ƒTibetan

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

ā€ƒQiang

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

ā€ƒHui

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

Wenchuan County

ā€ƒAge(years)

15.2(1.64)

15.5(1.69)

āˆ’1.22

0.23

Gender

ā€ƒMale

36(49.32)

34(47.22)

0.04

0.85

ā€ƒFemale

37(50.68)

38(52.78)

Ethnicity

ā€ƒHan

42(57.53)

35(48.61)

ā€“

0.20*

ā€ƒTibetan

4(5.48)

7(9.72)

ā€ƒQiang

27(36.99)

29(40.28)

ā€ƒHui

0(0.00)

1(1.39)

Qingchuan County

ā€ƒAge(years)

15.7(1.41)

15.7(1.39)

0.38

0.70

Gender

ā€ƒMale

30(38.96)

33(42.31)

0.74

0.39

ā€ƒFemale

47(60.14)

45(57.69)

Ethnicity

ā€ƒHan

61(79.22)

68(87.18)

1.16

0.28

ā€ƒTibetan

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

ā€ƒQiang

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

ā€ƒHui

16(20.78)

10(12.82)

Tongji Town

ā€ƒAge(years)

14.4(1.49)

13.8(1.40)

2.22

0.03**

Gender

ā€ƒMale

25(37.31)

39(59.09)

6.31

0.01**

ā€ƒFemale

42(62.69)

27(40.91)

Ethnicity

ā€ƒHan

67(100.00)

66(100.00)

ā€“

1.00*

ā€ƒTibetan

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

ā€ƒQiang

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

ā€ƒHui

0(0.00)

0(0.00)

  1. *Fisherā€™s test. SD, standard deviation.**represents that the difference is statistically significant