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Table 4 Outpatient laboratory tests five years to one year before, or one year after hospitalisation of patients with IBS diagnosed in France in 2015, according to the number of reimbursements for certain tests

From: Healthcare use by 30,000 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in France: a 5-year retrospective and one-year prospective national observational study

 

Before hospitalisation

After hospitalisation

Years

−5

−4

−3

−2

−1

1 year

Age

All

All

All

All

All*

18–39

40–59

60–74

75 +

All*

18–39

40–59

60–74

75 +

N

    

29,509

7040

12,081

7883

2505

     
 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

CBC and platelet count

 0

2.7

3.4

4.7

7.3

14.3

14.5

16.9

12.0

9.1

36.3

46.6

40.8

26.2

18.2

 1

7.0

9.3

13.0

20.1

35.2

35.4

37.3

35.0

25.7

32.5

27.8

32.8

36.7

30.6

 2

10.4

13.4

17.6

23.9

25.7

25.9

25.0

27.1

24.4

14.6

12.2

12.9

17.9

19.5

 3 or more

79.9

73.9

64.6

48.7

24.7

24.2

20.9

25.9

40.8

16.5

13.4

13.5

19.2

31.7

CRP

 0

13.2

15.6

19.1

24.6

34.5

27.6

37.6

37.1

30.6

55.6

61.0

59.0

50.4

39.7

 1

18.7

21.3

24.5

29.0

36.1

39.5

36.8

34.4

28.5

26.6

24.2

26.0

29.0

29.2

 2

17.3

18.3

19.7

20.6

16.8

19.5

15.5

16.0

17.5

9.4

8.2

8.3

11.0

13.5

 3 or more

50.9

44.8

36.7

25.8

12.6

13.4

10.1

12.5

23.5

8.4

6.6

6.7

9.6

17.7

T.S.H.

 0

17.3

20.0

23.6

29.6

41.7

41.9

43.4

39.8

38.7

56.9

65.9

58.7

49.4

46.5

 1

20.4

22.7

26.2

31.2

38.0

40.2

38.2

37.3

32.8

28.7

23.8

28.7

32.5

31.0

 2

17.2

18.5

19.7

20.2

13.8

13.0

12.7

15.2

16.5

8.9

6.6

7.9

11.1

13.6

 3 or more

45.1

38.8

30.5

19.0

6.6

4.9

5.7

7.7

12.0

5.4

3.7

4.6

7.1

8.9

Tests for coeliac disease

 0

89.4*

89.7

90.2

90.8

91.8

81.5

93.2

96.7

98.4

97.0

94.6

97.4

97.9

99.0

 1

6.2

6.1

5.9

5.6

5.2

11.6

4.3

2.1

0.9

1.8

3.4

1.5

1.3

0.5

 2

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.4

5.4

2.0

0.9

0.6

0.8

1.4

0.8

0.5

0.4

 3 or more

1.2

1.1

1.0

0.8

0.6

1.5

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.7

0.2

0.2

0.2

Stool examination for ova

 0

85.3

86.3

87.3

88.5

90.0

83.0

91.5

93.1

92.7

97.5

96.2

97.9

97.8

98.0

 1

10.6

10.0

9.4

8.6

7.7

13.3

6.5

5.0

6.3

1.8

2.5

1.5

1.7

1.8

 2

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.1

0.8

1.4

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.1

 3 or more

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.5

2.3

1.4

1.3

0.7

0.5

0.8

0.4

0.4

0.1

  1. *P < 0.0001 for distribution comparisons between “all −1 year” vs “all 1 year”)