Summary of demographic and symptom data in patients, spouses, and relatives
| Patients | Spouses | Patients’ parents/sibs | Patients’ parents | Patients’ sibs | Spouses’ parents/sibs | Spouses’ parents | Spouses’ sibs | Children | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Values are mean (SD). | |||||||||
| †Values are median (range). | |||||||||
| IBS, irritable bowel syndrome. | |||||||||
| n | 74 | 62 | 153 | 33 | 120 | 98 | 24 | 74 | 97 |
| % Female | 57% | 45% | 54% | 61% | 52% | 55% | 67% | 51% | 51% |
| Age (y)* | 58 (13) | 59 (13) | 60 (15) | 75 (11) | 57 (13) | 62 (14) | 74 (11) | 58 (13) | 38 (9) |
| Somatisation score† | 1.0 (0.0–2.33) | 0.54 (0.0–1.88) | 0.58 (0.0–2.75) | 0.50 (0.0–2.71) | 0.58 (0.0–2.75) | 0.50 (0.0–2.67) | 0.58 (0.0–1.79) | 0.48 (0.0–2.67) | 0.54 (0.04–2.67) |
| % with IBS (Rome I) | 45% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 12% |
| % with IBS (Manning) | 62% | 8% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 0% | 9% | 20% |