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Table 4 Correlations between irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms and symptoms of anxiety/depression in patients with ulcerative colitis in remission and in control subjects

From: Patients with longstanding ulcerative colitis in remission do not have more irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms than controls

 

HADS-Anxiety

HADS-Depression

 

Ulcerative colitis in remission (n = 55) rs (p-value)

Controls (n = 33) rs (p-value)

Ulcerative colitis in remission (n = 55) rs (p-value)

Controls (n = 33) rs (p-value)

Total GSRS-IBS score

0.327 (0.019)*

0.244 (0.194)

0.294 (0.036)*

0.263 (0.160)

Abdominal pain

0.121 (0.394)

0.306 (0.094)

0.148 (0.294)

0.294 (0.109)

Bloating

0.403 (0.003)*

0.347 (0.060)

0.243 (0.079)

0.287 (0.125)

Diarrhoea

0.299 (0.029)*

0.135 (0.470)

0.267 (0.054)

0.207 (0.263)

Constipation

0.380 (0.005)*

-.072 (0.699)

0.258 (0.062)

−0.059 (0.753)

Satiety

0.225 (0.109)

0.333 (0.067)

0.354 (0.010)*

0.182 (0.327)

  1. *Statistically significant
  2. Ulcerative colitis in remission was defined by steroid-free clinical remission, a Mayo Score ≤ 1 on endoscopy, a fecal calprotectin ≤ 200 μg/g and no significant active inflammation on colon biopsies. GSRS-IBS = Gastrointestinal symptom rating scale for irritable bowel syndrome.
  3. HADS Hospital anxiety and depression scale
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BMC Gastroenterology

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