Table 3

Clinical outcomes

Diagnosisn (%)
Functional disease873 (92)
 IBS864 (91)
 Haemorrhoidal bleeding9 (1)
Organic enteric disease78 (8)
 IBD49 (5)
  Ulcerative colitis25
  Crohn’s disease16
  Unclassified8
 Microscopic colitis3
 Non-specific inflammation1
 Colorectal cancer2
 Adenomatous polyps ≥10 mm4
 Subcentimetre neuroendocrine tumour1
 Lymphoma1
 Diverticular disease5
 Infection9
  Gastroenteritis5
  Clostridium difficile1
  Giardiasis1
  Threadworm2
 Other4
  Mesenteric ischaemia1
  Endometrioma1
  Small bowel cyst1
  Incarcerated hernia1
  • IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome.