Predictive value of alarm symptoms in Rome IV irritable bowel syndrome: A multicenter cross-sectional study

Table 2 Multivariate analysis for clinical factors and alarm symptoms¹

Characteristics	OR (95%CI)	P value	Partial regression coefficient
Female (ref male)	0.560 (0.330, 0.949)	0.031	-0.580
Marital status		0.030
Married	—	—	—
Never married	2.499 (1.199, 5.209)	0.015	0.916
Divorced	1.184 (0.088,15.956)	0.899	0.169
Widowed	3.260 (0.964,11.029)	0.057	1.182
Anemia (ref absence)	2.825 (1.273, 6.267)	0.011	1.038
Fecal occult blood (ref absence)	1.940 (1.041, 3.613)	0.037	0.663
Unintended weight loss (kg)2		0.009
Without	—	—	—
< 2.5	2.389 (1.255, 4.548)	0.008	0.871
2.5-5.0	1.868 (0.751, 4.642)	0.179	0.625
5.0-7.5	0.904 (0.263, 3.110)	0.872	-0.101
≥ 7.5	8.027 (1.638,39.335)	0.010	2.083

¹All factors in Table 1, except the psychological self-rating scale were included in the logistic regression analysis.

²Referred to weight loss in the last 3 mo. CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio.