Functional Dyspepsia: Subtypes, Risk Factors, and Overlap with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a Population of African Patients

Table 4

Frequency distribution of putative risk factors of functional dyspepsia.

Risk factor	Number of patients	Percentage
Female gender	120	62.5
Concomitant IBS	104	54.2
Unemployment	60	31.3
Alcohol	48	25
Smoking	44	22.9
NSAID	12	6.3

IBS: irritable bowel syndrome.
NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.