Table 2 Risk factors for abdominal pain (univariate analysis).

From: Digestive symptoms in daily life of chronic adrenal insufficiency patients are similar to irritable bowel syndrome symptoms

Variable

N

OR

IC 95%

p value

Sex: Male

119

0.52

[0.17; 1.57]

0.2443

Age

119

0.97

[0.95; 1.00]

0.0692

Cause of chronic adrenal insufficiency

119

   

 SAI versus PAI

 

1.33

[0.56; 3.16]

0.5202

 CAH versus PAI

 

0.76

[0.27; 2.12]

0.5999

Duration of chronic adrenal insufficiency

103

1.00

[0.97; 1.04]

0.8013

Diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome

117

7.04

[2.36; 21.00]

0.0005

Dexamethasone (treatment)

119

0.73

[0.06; 8.33]

0.8030

Fludrocortisone (treatment)

119

0.61

[0.28; 1.34]

0.2161

Dehydroepiandrosterone (treatment)

119

1.52

[0.36; 6.41]

0.5663

Levothyroxine (treatment)

119

0.70

[0.26; 1.87]

0.4725

Associated hormonal deficiency

117

0.34

[0.04; 3.11]

0.3366

Associated hormonal deficiency (other than hypothyroidism)

119

0.23

[0.03; 1.98]

0.1810

  1. Bold values represent variables with p-value < 0.2 that are included in the construction of the multivariate model.
  2. SAI secondary adrenal insufficiency, PAI primary adrenal insufficiency, CAH congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
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