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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the study sample

From: Overlap between irritable bowel syndrome and common gastrointestinal diagnoses: a retrospective cohort study of 29,553 outpatients in Germany

Variable

Proportion affected among patients with IBS (%)

n = 29,553

Age (Mean, SD)

48.8 (18.4)

Age 18–40

34.8

Age 41–50

20.1

Age 51–65

26.4

Age > 65

18.7

Women

67.2

Men

32.8

  1. Proportions of patients in % given, unless otherwise indicated. SD standard deviation