Table 4 Relationship between abdominal pain during childhood and adolescence and anxiety in 17-year-old adolescents in the Raine Study.

2

Painful bowel motions

0.53

0.23–1.25

0.15

8

≥3 episodes interfering with usual activities in past 3 months

2.45

1.36–4.41

0.04

3

1.66–5.41

<0.001

Frequency several days per week

5.82

1.87–18.12

0.002

10

Frequency ≥12 weeks of the preceding year

3.3

1.70–6.42

<0.001

3.21

1.62–6.35

0.001

Painful bowel motions

1.92

0.95–3.86

0.07

Improves with bowel motion

1.86

1.14–3.01

0.01

1.65

1.01–2.72

0.047

    Psychological

2.83

0.62–13.01

0.18

    Constipation

3.47

1.48–8.12

0.004

    Abdominal migraine

1.4

0.18–10.97

0.75

    Gastro-oesophageal reflux

1.93

0.24–15.61

0.54

17

Occurrence during preceding 3 months

1.88

1.28–2.75

0.001

Frequency ≥1 day per week during preceding 3 months

3.78

2.22–6.44

<0.001

2.1

0.56–7.89

0.27