Association between functional abdominal pain disorders and asthma in adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms among asthmatics (n = 1101) n (%)

	Asthmatics	Non asthmatics	Odds ratio (95%CI)	P-value
Upper gastrointestinal symptom
Abdominal pain	33 (21)	109 (11.5)	2.0 (1.3-3.1)	0.002
Bloating	26 (16.6)	91 (9.6)	1.8 (1.1-2.9)	0.01
Loss of appetite	38 (24.2)	153 (16.2)	1.6 (1.1-2.4)	0.02
Nausea	10 (6.4)	27 (2.9)	2.3 (1.0-4.8)	0.04
Vomiting	7 (4.5)	54 (5.7)	0.7 (0.3-1.7)	0.6
Early satiety	15 (9.6)	119 (12.6)	0.7 (0.4-1.2)	0.3
Lower gastrointestinal symptom
Increased frequency of defecation	17 (10.8)	82 (8.7)	1.2 (0.7-2.2)	0.3
Decreased frequency of defecation	14 (8.9)	70 (7.4)	1.2 (0.6-2.2)	0.5
Frequency of passage of hard stool	10 (6.4)	76 (8.1)	0.7 (0.3-1.5)	0.4
Frequency of passage of loose stool	18 (11.5)	92 (9.7)	1.1 (0.7-2.0)	0.5