Healthcare and economic impact of diarrhea in patients with carcinoid syndrome

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with carcinoid syndrome, stratified by evidence of non-infectious diarrhea

	With non-infectious diarrhea	Without non-infectious diarrhea	All newly diagnosed CS patients	P value
	n = 534	n = 2288	n = 2822
Age, yr	51.3 ± 9.9	51.6 ± 10.1	51.5 ± 10.1	0.639
Charlson comorbidity index	3.7 ± 3.9	3.6 ± 3.8	3.6 ± 3.8	0.643
No. of chronic conditions	4.0 ± 2.4	3.4 ± 2.0	3.5 ± 2.1	< 0.001
Age group, yr				0.120
≤ 17	1 (0.2)	22 (1.0)	23 (0.8)
18-24	8 (1.5)	30 (1.3)	38 (1.3)
25-34	33 (6.2)	114 (5.0)	147 (5.2)
35-44	80 (15.0)	279 (12.2)	359 (12.7)
45-54	157 (29.4)	752 (32.9)	909 (32.2)
55-64	255 (47.8)	1091 (47.7)	1346 (47.7)
Sex				0.005
Female	333 (62.4)	1273 (55.6)	1606 (56.9)
Region				0.961
North Central	134 (25.1)	563 (24.6)	697 (24.7)
Northeast	86 (16.1)	358 (15.6)	444 (15.7)
South	224 (41.9)	989 (43.2)	1213 (43.0)
West	90 (16.9)	378 (16.5)	468 (16.6)

Data are expressed as absolute numbers (percentage) or mean ± SD. CS: Carcinoid syndrome.