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