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Table 2 Self-rated health and functional capacity of respondents meeting the different criteria for the GI symptom complexes and overlaps between the criteria

From: Self-rated health and functional capacity in individuals reporting overlapping symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome - a population based study

   

General self-rated health, n (%)

Functional capacity, n (%)

 

Age, mean (SD)

Women (%)

Excellent

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

Yes, mostly

Yes, sometimes

No, almost never

I don’t know

All (N = 47090)

51.7 (15.5)

24 639 (52.3%)

5771 (12.3%)

16 637 (35.4%)

19 003 (40.5%)

4733 (10.1%)

793 (1.7%)

37 656 (80.2%)

7018 (15.0%)

1947 (4.2%)

316 (0.7%)

Non GERD/IBS/FD

N = 37 137 (78.9%)

51.9 (15.5)

18 739 (50.5%)

5406 (14.6%)

14 508 (39.2%)

14 241 (38.5%)

2559 (6.9%)

318 (0.9%)

31 399 (84.8%)

4463 (12.1%)

953 (2.6%)

219 (0.6%)

Only GERD

N = 2823 (6.0%)

52.7 (14.8)

1479 (52.4%)

103 (3.7%)

639 (22.7%)

1452 (51.7%)

525 (18.7%)

91 (3.2%)

1924 (68.5%)

662 (23.6%)

198 (7.1%)

26 (0.9%)

Only IBS

N = 2741 (5.8%)

46.7 (15.2)

1790 (65.3%)

126 (4.6%%)

729 (26.7%)

1345 (49.3%)

462 (16.9%)

67 (2.5%)

1888 (69.2%)

642 (23.5%)

178 (6.5%)

21 (0.8%)

Only FD

N = 1338 (2.8%)

53.5 (16.3)

759 (56.7%)

81 (6.1%)

337 (25.3%)

585 (43.9%)

261 (19.6%)

68 (5.1%)

870 (65.3%)

301 (22.6%)

147 (11.0%)

14 (1.1%)

GERD + IBS

N = 790 (1.7%)

51.2 (14.8)

472 (59.7%)

18 (2.3%)

120 (15.2%)

391 (49.6%)

213 (27.0%)

46 (5.8%)

442 (56.1%)

250 (31.7%)

91 (11.6%)

5 (0.6%)

FD + IBS

N = 610 (1.3%)

49.1 (15.5)

409 (67.0%)

12 (1.9%)

111 (18.3%)

266 (43.9%)

169 (27.9%)

48 (7.9%)

330 (54.5%)

173 (28.6%)

98 (16.2%)

5 (0.8%)

GERD + FD

N = 881 (1.9%)

54.8 (13.7)

511 (58.0%)

19 (2.2%)

137 (15.6%)

429 (48.9%)

225 (25.7%)

67 (7.6%)

499 (56.9%)

242 (27.6%)

122 (13.9%)

14 (1.6%)

GERD + FD + IBS

N = 770 (1.6%)

51.8 (14.4)

480 (62.3%)

6 (0.8%)

56 (7.3%)

294 (38.5%)

319 (41.8%)

88 (11.5%)

304 (39.8%)

285 (37.4%)

160 (21.0%)

14 (1.8%)

  1. GERD gastroesophageal reflux disease, IBS irritable bowel syndrome, FD Functional dyspepsia