Table 1 Baseline information table
Characteristic | Overall | Chronic constipation | Chronic diarrhea | None | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 7723 | N = 545 | N = 579 | N = 6599 | ||
Gender | < 0.001 | ||||
Female | 4093(53%) | 404(75%) | 333(61%) | 3356(51%) | |
Male | 3630(47%) | 141(25%) | 246(39%) | 3243(49%) | |
Age | 49(39,60) | 49(37,61) | 50(39,62) | 49(39,60) | 0.381 |
Race | 0.013 | ||||
Mexican American | 1057(5.4%) | 61(4.8%) | 91(5.6%) | 905(5.4%) | |
Other Hispanic | 569(3.4%) | 51(4.0%) | 47(4.6%) | 471(3.2%) | |
Non-Hispanic White | 4262(77%) | 281(71%) | 295(75%) | 3686(77%) | |
Non-Hispanic Black | 1552(10.0%) | 139(16%) | 125(11%) | 1288(9.5%) | |
Other Race - Including multi-racial | 283(4.8%) | 13(3.9%) | 21(3.7%) | 249(4.9%) | |
Income | 0.001 | ||||
Not poor | 3037(52%) | 165(42%) | 178(46%) | 2694(53%) | |
Near poor | 1810(15%) | 149(18%) | 184(20%) | 1477(14%) | |
Poor | 2876(33%) | 231(40%) | 217(34%) | 2428(33%) | |
Octadecadienoic | 14(10,20) | 12(8,17) | 13(9,20) | 14(10,20) | < 0.001 |
Octadecatrienoic | 1.34(0.91,1.96) | 1.12(0.81,1.63) | 1.22(0.86,1.99) | 1.36(0.94,1.97) | < 0.001 |
Octadecatetraenoic | 0.001(0.000,0.013) | 0.001(0.000,0.011) | 0.001(0.000,0.013) | 0.001(0.000,0.013) | 0.618 |
Eicosatetraenoic | 0.12(0.07,0.19) | 0.10(0.07,0.15) | 0.12(0.07,0.20) | 0.12(0.07,0.19) | < 0.001 |
Eicosapentaenoic | 0.01(0.00,0.03) | 0.01(0.00,0.02) | 0.01(0.00,0.03) | 0.01(0.00,0.03) | < 0.001 |
Docosapentaenoic | 0.012(0.004,0.025) | 0.009(0.002,0.019) | 0.013(0.003,0.028) | 0.013(0.004,0.025) | 0.004 |
Docosahexaenoic | 0.03(0.01,0.08) | 0.02(0.01,0.06) | 0.04(0.01,0.10) | 0.03(0.01,0.08) | 0.002 |
Omega 3 | 1.47(1.00,2.17) | 1.25(0.85,1.79) | 1.36(0.93,2.20) | 1.50(1.02,2.19) | < 0.001 |
Omega 6 | 14(10,20) | 12(8,17) | 13(9,20) | 14(10,20) | < 0.001 |
Total PUFAs | 15(11,22) | 13(9,19) | 15(10,23) | 16(11,22) | < 0.001 |
Omega3/omega6 | 0.11(0.09,0.13) | 0.11(0.09,0.13) | 0.11(0.09,0.13) | 0.11(0.09,0.13) | 0.795 |
Frequency of defecation | 7(7,14) | 7(4,7) | 14(7,14) | 7(7,14) | < 0.001 |
BMI | < 0.001 | ||||
Obese | 3183(39%) | 203(31%) | 295(50%) | 2685(39%) | |
Overweight | 2609(33%) | 169(33%) | 175(27%) | 2265(34%) | |
Under or normal weight | 1931(28%) | 173(37%) | 109(22%) | 1649(27%) | |
Smoke | 0.018 | ||||
Former | 2217(27%) | 129(23%) | 187(31%) | 1901(27%) | |
Never | 4100(54%) | 318(59%) | 269(46%) | 3513(55%) | |
Now | 1406(18%) | 98(17%) | 123(23%) | 1185(18%) | |
Drink | 0.002 | ||||
Former | 1246(14%) | 108(18%) | 102(18%) | 1036(13%) | |
Never | 965(9.8%) | 94(14%) | 89(9.7%) | 782(9.5%) | |
Now | 5512(76%) | 343(68%) | 388(72%) | 4781(77%) | |
Diabetes | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 6655(91%) | 466(91%) | 453(84%) | 5736(91%) | |
Yes | 1068(9.3%) | 79(9.5%) | 126(16%) | 863(8.8%) | |
Hypertension | 0.071 | ||||
No | 4561(65%) | 338(67%) | 280(58%) | 3943(65%) | |
Yes | 3162(35%) | 207(33%) | 299(42%) | 2656(35%) | |
Hyperlipidemia | 0.132 | ||||
No | 4408(59%) | 313(62%) | 296(54%) | 3799(59%) | |
Yes | 3315(41%) | 232(38%) | 283(46%) | 2800(41%) | |
Physical activity | 0.017 | ||||
No | 6030(75%) | 450(82%) | 469(78%) | 5111(74%) | |
Yes | 1693(25%) | 95(18%) | 110(22%) | 1488(26%) | |
Depression | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 7176(94%) | 494(90%) | 491(88%) | 6191(95%) | |
Yes | 547(6.0%) | 51(9.9%) | 88(12%) | 408(5.2%) |