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Table 4 Proportion (%) of women with GI symptoms during menses, comparing those with or without emotional symptoms

From: Gastrointestinal symptoms before and during menses in healthy women

 

Depressive symptoms

Anxiety symptoms

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

 

n = 32

n = 124

n = 16

n = 140

Primary GI symptoms

%

%

 

%

%

 

  Abdominal pain

69

51

0.110

63

54

0.72

  Diarrhea

50

23

0.004

50

26

0.074

  Nausea

25

12

0.082

44

11

0.002

  Constipation

19

7

0.085

13

9

0.94

  Vomiting

6

2

0.187

13

1

0.053

  Any primary symptom

81

66

0.144

81

68

0.42

  Multiple (≥2) primary symptoms

59

23

<0.001

63

27

0.008

Secondary GI symptoms

      

  Bloating

78

44

0.001

69

49

0.186

  Pelvic pain

72

39

0.001

69

43

0.064

  1. Bolded p value denotes p < 0.05.