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Table 2 Number (%) of symptoms pre and post IBS, AP and IBD, Salford 2002-2011

From: Using read codes to identify patients with irritable bowel syndrome in general practice: a database study

 

Pre IBS (n = 7728)

Post IBS (n = 7665)

Pre AP (n = 39974)

Post AP (n = 37851)

Pre IBD (n = 1336)

Post IBD (n = 1382)

Symptoms/diagnoses*

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Abdominal pain

1509

19.5

1028

13.4

-

-

8683

22.9

212

15.9

144

10.4

Bloating

291

3.8

137

1.8

411

1.0

374

1.0

8

0.6

7

0.5

Constipation symptom

166

2.1

138

1.8

639

1.6

700

1.8

16

1.2

14

1.0

Change in bowel habit

130

1.7

45

0.6

175

0.4

174

0.5

46

3.4

5

0.4

Diarrhoea symptoms

475

6.1

256

3.3

1046

2.6

972

2.6

158

11.8

74

5.4

Nausea

104

1.3

100

1.3

483

1.2

513

1.4

6

0.4

12

0.9

Vomiting

72

0.9

67

0.9

583

1.5

583

1.5

11

0.8

19

1.4

Diarrhoea & vomiting

47

0.6

43

0.6

202

0.5

192

0.5

12

0.9

6

0.4

Tenesmus

2

0.0

2

0.0

6

0.0

12

0.0

2

0.1

0

0.0

Faeces/motion symptoms

31

0.4

34

0.4

72

0.2

80

0.2

8

0.6

4

0.3

None of the above symptoms

5367

69.4

6062

79.1

36994

92.5

27010

71.4

930

69.6

1143

82.7

1 of the above symptoms

1950

25.2

1380

18.0

2699

6.8

9555

25.2

339

25.4

200

14.5

2 or more of the above symptoms

411

5.3

223

2.9

281

0.7

1286

3.4

67

5.0

39

2.8

Functional constipation

151

2.0

121

1.6

511

1.3

573

1.5

20

1.5

21

1.5

Functional diarrhoea

31

0.4

31

0.4

75

0.2

118

0.3

22

1.6

15

1.1

GI infection

84

1.1

63

0.8

295

0.7

295

0.8

18

1.3

8

0.6

IBS

-

-

1090

14.2

747

1.9

1061

2.8

42

3.1

25

1.8

IBD

33

0.4

40

0.5

128

0.3

204

0.5

-

-

391

28.3

  1. *Symptoms on the same day were coded as pre.