Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life in the Korean population

Table 4 Details of physician visits and use of medications n (%)

Variables	Men	Women	Total
	(n = 762)	(n = 655)	(n = 1417)
Experience (%) of any GI symptoms	366 (48.0)	351 (53.6)a	50.50
Experience (%) of visiting a physician due to GI symptoms	80 (10.5)	75 (11.5)	155 (10.9)
1-2/yr	42 (5.5)	47 (7.2)	89 (6.3)
3-5/yr	12 (1.6)	12 (1.8)	24 (1.7)
6-10/yr	8 (1.0)	4 (0.6)	12 (0.8)
> 10/yr	18 (2.4)	12 (1.8)	30 (2.1)
Use of medications
NSAIDs	27 (3.5)	54 (8.2)b	81 (5.7)
Antacids	35 (4.6)	28 (4.3)	63 (4.5)
H2RA	11 (1.4)	4 (0.6)	15 (1.1)
Medications for constipation	17 (2.2)	49 (7.5)b	66 (4.7)
Antihypertensive medications	17 (2.2)	18 (2.7)	35 (2.5)

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 compared to male.