Table 1 Sociodemographic factors for IBS cases and Controls
From: Gastrointestinal symptoms - an illness burden that affects daily work in patients with IBS
IBS cases (n = 299) | Controls (n = 369) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | n | % | n | % | 0.18 |
Male | 65 | 22.0 | 65 | 18.0 | |
Female | 234 | 78.3 | 304 | 82.4 | |
Marital status | < 0.0001 | ||||
Living alone | 82 | 28.0 | 62 | 17.0 | |
Married/cohabitant | 215 | 72.4 | 306 | 83.2 | |
Education | 0.002 | ||||
Low | 51 | 17.1 | 32 | 9.0 | |
Medium | 136 | 46.0 | 164 | 45.0 | |
High | 111 | 37.2 | 171 | 47.0 | |
Occupational status | 0.31 | ||||
Employed | 208 | 70.0 | 278 | 75.3 | |
Student | 23 | 8.0 | 18 | 5.0 | |
Retired | 40 | 14.0 | 47 | 13.0 | |
Long - term sick-leave | 13 | 4.4 | 9 | 2.4 | |
Unemployed | 13 | 4.4 | 17 | 5.0 | |
Born abroad | 29 | 10.0 | 27 | 7.3 | 0.26 |
Age mean | 46,7 | 51,4 | < 0.0001 | ||
(s.d.) | 13.0 | 11.8 | |||