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Table 3 Associations between stress and sleeping habits and IBS or GI symptoms in a full model

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

 

IBS

GI symptoms the past 2 weeks

Adjusted OR 95% CI

P-value

Adjusted OR 95% CI

P-value

Chronic stress 1 year

 No (reference)

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes

1.137 (0.848–1.524)

0.392

1.347 (1.030–1.762)

0.030

Chronic stress 5 years

 No (reference)

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes

1.415 (1.058–1.892)

0.019

1.223 (0.936–1.598)

0.140

Sleeping quality

 Very good (reference)

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Good

0.965 (0.644–1.445)

0.862

1.116 (0.800–1.557)

0.518

 Average

1.342 (0.842–2.141)

0.216

1.129 (0.751–1.697)

0.560

 Bad

1.184 (0.613–2.288)

0.614

0.889 (0.472–1.676)

0.716

 Very bad

2.590 (0.928–7.224)

0.069

1.503 (0.475–4.758)

0.488

Sleeping onset difficulty

 Never or rarely (reference)

1.000

 

1.000

 

  < 1 per week

1.384 (0.977–1.962)

0.067

0.779 (0.576–1.053)

0.104

 1–2 per week

1.673 (1.113–2.514)

0.013

1.036 (0.719–1.495)

0.848

 3–6 per week

2.153 (1.228–3.774)

0.007

1.025 (0.584–1.799)

0.932

 Almost every night

3.036 (1.630–5.653)

 < 0.001

1.474 (0.767–2.833)

0.244

Sleeping hours per day

  ≤ 5 (reference)

1.000

 

1.000

 

 6

1.137 (0.657–1.966)

0.647

1.007 (0.584–1.738)

0.979

 7

1.134 (0.646–1.993)

0.661

0.893 (0.514–1.552)

0.688

 8

1.348 (0.742–2.446)

0.327

1.126 (0.627–2.021)

0.691

 9

1.211 (0.528–2.778)

0.651

1.809 (0.872–3.755)

0.112

  ≥ 10

1.712 (0.516–5.679)

0.380

0.840 (0.204–3.462)

0.810

Wake-up frequency

 Never or rarely (reference)

1.000

 

1.000

 

  < 1 per week

1.020 (0.687–1.514)

0.923

1.357 (0.971–1.896)

0.074

 1–2 per week

0.991 (0.640–1.534)

0.968

1.194 (0.814–1.751)

0.364

 3–6 per week

1.331 (0.843–2.102)

0.220

1.489 (0.971–2.284)

0.068

 Almost every night

0.877 (0.528–1.456)

0.612

0.872 (0.539–1.411)

0.577

  1. GI, Gastrointestinal. IBS, irritable bowel syndrome. OR, Odds Ratio. CI, Confidence Interval. Logistic regression with all variables for stress and sleeping habits in a full model, adjusted for sex, smoking, drinking frequency, and drinking amount in IBS and age, sex, occupation, and smoking in GI symptoms. Values are presented as OR and 95% CI. P-values < 0.05 was considered statistically significant