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Table 1 IBS cases (n = 493) and controls (n = 2773) divided in sex and age

From: Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are more burdened by co-morbidity and worry about serious diseases than healthy controls- eight years follow-up of IBS patients in primary care

 

IBS cases

Controls

n

%

n

%

Sex:

Male

140

28.0

1292

46.5

Female

353

72.0

1481

53.4

Age:

18 to 24

40

11.3

435

15.7

25 to 44

147

41.6

1171

42.2

45 to 64

166

47.0

1167

42.0

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