Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Estimation of Gut Microbiota Composition Based on Dietary Patterns and Its Association with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms in the Lebanese Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Bivariate logistic regression analysis for the presence of IBS symptoms and independent variables.

Characteristics	COR (95% CI)	P value
Gender
Male	1	<0.0001
Female	2.888 (1.846–4.518)
Age range
20–45 years old	1	0.190
46–70 years old	0.694 (0.403−1.198)
Mediterranean diet	0.800 (0.652−0.982)	0.033
Prudent diet	1.129 (0.923−1.381)	0.236
Western diet	1.041 (0.852−1.271)	0.696

COR, crude odd ratio; CI, confidence interval. Numbers in bold indicate significant P values (<0.05).