Table 1 Demographic data and clinical presentations of the enrolled UC and IBS patients
Data | UC (n = 51) | IBS (n = 291) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Age strata | < 2 5 | 2 (3.9%) | 11 (3.8%) | 0.005 |
25–30 | 10 (19.6%) | 88 (30.2%) | |||
31–40 | 14 (27.5%) | 117 (40.2%) | |||
41–50 | 23 (45.1%) | 55 (18.9%) | |||
> 50 | 2 (3.9%) | 20 (6.9%) | |||
Average (± SD) | 39 (± 8.7) | 35.5 (± 8) | 0.0018 | ||
Gender | Males | 16 (31.4%) | 85 (29.2%) | 0.755 | |
Females | 35 (68.6%) | 206 (70.8%) | |||
BMI (kg/m2) | Strata | < 25 | 0 | 4 (1.4%) | 0.265 |
25–30 | 9 (17.6%) | 77 (26.5%) | |||
> 30–35 | 42 (82.4%) | 210 (72.1%) | |||
Average (± SD) | 31.5 (± 1.88) | 31.2 (± 2.8) | 0.312 | ||
Smoking | Smoker | 13 (25.5%) | 69 (23.7%) | 0.648 | |
Ex-smoker | 9 (17.6%) | 39 (13.4%) | |||
Un-smoker | 29 (56.9%) | 183 (62.9%) | |||
Clinical presentation | Recurrent abdominal pain | 39 (76.5%) | 291 (100%) | < 0.001 | |
Bowel habit | Diarrhea | 43 (84.3%) | 63 (14.4%) | < 0.001 | |
Constipation | 0 | 42 (14.4%) | |||
Alternating | 0 | 49 (16.8%) | |||
Uncategorized | 0 | 137 (47.1%) | |||
Hematochezia | 32 (62.7%) | 20 (6.9%) | < 0.001 | ||
Pus in stool | 26 (51%) | 33 (11.3%) | < 0.001 | ||