Prevalence of Chronic Abdominal Pain Among 305 Children With Abdominal Pain in General Practice, According to Sex and Age Categories
| Children With Chronic Abdominal Pain, No. (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants | Baseline (n=305) | 3 Months (n=266) | 6 Months (n=256) | 9 Months (n=246) | 12 Months (n=283) |
| Boys | |||||
| 4–5 years | 13 (37.1) | 13 (41.9) | 10 (34.5) | 10 (34.5) | 8 (26.7) |
| 6–9 years | 24 (50.0) | 20 (42.6) | 14 (33.3) | 17 (42.5) | 13 (27.7) |
| 10–17 years | 11 (33.3) | 17 (58.6) | 12 (42.9) | 9 (36.0) | 11 (37.9) |
| All | 48 (41.4) | 50 (46.7) | 36 (36.4) | 36 (38.3) | 32 (30.2) |
| Girls | |||||
| 4–5 years | 30 (56.6) | 27 (60.0) | 18 (40.0) | 16 (37.2) | 19 (38.0) |
| 6–9 years | 37 (47.4) | 40 (61.5) | 35 (53.0) | 30 (48.4) | 27 (36.5) |
| 10–17 years | 27 (46.6) | 34 (69.4) | 32 (69.6) | 31 (66.0) | 27 (50.9) |
| All | 94 (49.7) | 101 (63.5) | 85 (54.1) | 77 (50.7) | 73 (41.2) |
| Total group | 142 (46.7) | 151 (56.7) | 121 (47.3) | 113 (45.9) | 105 (37.1) |