Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Psychiatric Disorders in Pakistan: A Case Control Study

Table 1

Comparison among patients with IBS and controls.

	Cases mean ± SD or 𝑛 (%)	Controls mean ± SD or 𝑛 (%)	95% confidence interval	𝑃 value
Age (years)	43.1 ± 12.1	39.9 ± 11.2	0.95–1.00	0.08
Gender
Male	61 (74.4)	48 (58.5)	0.25–0.94	0.03
Females	21 (25.6)	34 (41.5)
SRQ score	9.9 ± 4.5	4.9 ± 3.6	1.22–1.44	<0.001
CMDs
Present	55 (67.1)	18 (22.0)	3.6–14.5	<0.001
Absent	27 (32.9)	64 (78.0)