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Table 1 Associations between chronic stress or sleeping habits and self-reported IBS

From: Chronic stress and poor sleeping habits are associated with self-reported IBS and poor psychological well-being in the general population

 

No IBS N = 2332 (88.1%)

IBS N = 316 (11.9%)

Crude OR 95% CI

P-value

Adjusted OR 95% CI

P-value

Chronic stress 1 year

 No (reference)

58.6

43.4

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes

41.0

56.6

1.868 (1.474–2.369)

 < 0.001

1.612 (1.252–2.076)

 < 0.001

 Missing

0.4

     

Chronic stress 5 years

 No (reference)

64.1

47.5

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes

35.2

52.2

2.002 (1.579–2.537)

 < 0.001

1.786 (1.387–2.301)

 < 0.001

 Missing

0.7

0.3

    

Sleeping quality

 Very good (reference)

28.1

19.6

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Good

35.9

26.9

1.072 (0.760–1.510)

0.693

1.151 (0.799–1.659)

0.450

 Average

26.0

36.4

2.005 (1.444–2.783)

 < 0.001

1.987 (1.395–2.831)

 < 0.001

 Bad

8.7

13.9

2.301 (1.516–3.493)

 < 0.001

2.390 (1.521–3.756)

 < 0.001

 Very bad

0.9

3.2

4.802 (2.176–10.597)

 < 0.001

4.909 (2.146–11.231)

 < 0.001

 Missing

0.4

    

Sleeping onset difficulty

 Never or rarely (reference)

45.4

28.5

1.000

 

1.000

 

  < 1 per week

29.2

29.7

1.627 (1.199–2.206)

0.002

1.533 (1.107–2.123)

0.010

 1–2 per week

16.3

22.8

2.224 (1.597–3.097)

 < 0.001

2.092 (1.463–2.991)

 < 0.001

 3–6 per week

4.9

9.2

2.993 (1.888–4.746)

 < 0.001

2.821 (1.722–4.619)

 < 0.001

 Almost every night

3.7

9.8

4.241 (2.668–6.743)

 < 0.001

4.549 (2.756–7.509)

 < 0.001

 Missing

0.5

    

Sleeping hours per day

  ≤ 5 (reference)

6.1

9.2

1.000

 

1.000

 

 6

22.5

25.9

0.772 (0.486–1.225)

0.272

0.784 (0.478–1.286)

0.336

 7

44.4

36.1

0.543 (0.348–0.845)

0.007

0.589 (0.365–0.950)

0.030

 8

21.2

21.2

0.667 (0.416–1.072)

0.094

0.664 (0.398–1.110)

0.119

 9

4.5

5.7

0.837 (0.442–1.587)

0.586

0.602 (0.280–1.297)

0.195

  ≥ 10

0.8

1.9

1.557 (.572–4.237)

0.386

1.230 (0.401–3.771)

0.717

 Missing

0.4

    

Wake-up frequency

 Never or rarely (reference)

31.2

22.5

1.000

 

1.000

 

  < 1 per week

24.0

20.3

1.172 (0.822–1.673)

0.381

1.221 (0.839–1.776)

0.297

 1–2 per week

18.7

19.0

1.409 (0.980–2.027)

0.065

1.406 (0.953–2.075)

0.086

 3–6 per week

12.0

20.6

2.386 (1.658–3.432)

 < 0.001

2.144 (1.446–3.178)

 < 0.001

 Almost every night

13.7

17.4

1.765 (1.212–2.571)

0.003

1.599 (1.060–2.412)

0.025

 Missing

0.5

     
  1. IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome. OR, Odds Ratio. CI, Confidence Interval. Logistic regression adjusted for sex, smoking, drinking frequency, and drinking amount. Values are presented as percentages and OR and 95% CI. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant