Patient demographics by referral reason from general practitioner referral letter
| Referral reason | Number of patients (% patients with referral reason) | Number of women (% women in referral group) | Mean age (±SD) years |
| Primary contact | |||
| Total patients | 399 (100) | 271 (67.9) | 32.0 (8.6) |
| Diarrhoea | 85 (21.0) | 60 (70.6) | 31.2 (8.4) |
| Constipation | 32 (7.8) | 31 (96.9)* | 30.8 (7.5) |
| Altered bowel habits | 64 (16) | 44 (68.8) | 33.7 (8.6) |
| Abdominal pain | 186 (47.4) | 143 (76.9)* | 30.5 (8.3)* |
| Dyspepsia/heartburn /reflux | 86 (21.6) | 41 (47.7)* | 34.3 (8.7)* |
| Bloating | 67 (16.8) | 52 (77.6) | 32.4 (8.5) |
| Nausea | 27 (6.8) | 26 (96.3)* | 29.1 (8.2) |
Some patients were referred with more than one condition. Bloating and nausea are non–Clinical Prioritisation Criteria referral conditions.
*Significant differences between gender or mean age of patients with a given referral reason and those without, with p value <0.01.