Table 6 Association between abdominal pain and medications used by the 17-year-old adolescents during the preceding 3 months.

From: The relationship between abdominal pain and emotional wellbeing in children and adolescents in the Raine Study

Medication

Prevalence

Abdominal pain

Univariate analysis

Multivariable logistic regression analysis

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Sex (female)

52.8%

1.73

1.37–2.19

<0.001

1.59

1.19–2.10

0.001

Analgesics

54.1%

1.99

1.56–2.53

<0.001

2.04

1.53–2.73

<0.001

Antidepressant

1.8%

5.07

1.81–14.91

0.002

3.46

1.13–10.62

0.03

Antidiarrhoeal medications

2.0%

3.59

0.33–39.70

0.30

   

Laxatives

2.7%

2.63

1.31–5.25

0.006

1.94

0.86–4.40

0.11

Vitamins and minerals

25.6%

1.41

1.08–1.83

0.01

1.10

0.80–1.51

0.57

Intestinal motility/antispasmodic drugs

0.8%

17.28

1.90–156.83

0.01

3.01

0.52–17.55

0.22

Antiemetics

0.6%

1.39

0.31–6.24

0.67

   
  1. Medications were reported by the adolescent and/ or parent. OR = odds ratio (reference is no abdominal pain); CI = confidence intervals. P values are for associations between abdominal pain in adolescents, sex and medication use. P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant. Female sex, use of analgesics or antidepressants were independently associated with abdominal pain in adolescents.
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