Are bowel symptoms and psychosocial features different in irritable bowel syndrome patients with abdominal discomfort compared to abdominal pain?

Table 6 Risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome patients describing symptoms as abdominal pain alone, abdominal discomfort alone, and abdominal pain & discomfort

	Partial regression coefficient	Standard error	Wald χ2	95%CI	P value
Abdominal discomfort alone vs abdominal pain alone
Male sex	0.671	0.291	5.293	1.955 (1.104-3.462)	0.021a
Severity (mild defecatory pain or discomfort)	1.391	0.525	7.018	4.020 (1.436-11.253)	0.008a
Abdominal pain alone vs abdominal pain & discomfort
Abdominal bloating	0.805	0.372	4.692	2.238 (1.080-4.638)	0.030a
Anorectal pain	1.091	0.405	7.272	2.979 (1.347-6.585)	0.007a

^aP < 0.05. Multiple logistic regression analysis. Superscript letter is significantly different at a P < 0.05.

CI: Confidence interval.