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Prevalence and predictors of irritable bowel syndrome in patients with morbid obesity: a cross-sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Obesity, June 2017
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Title
Prevalence and predictors of irritable bowel syndrome in patients with morbid obesity: a cross-sectional study
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BMC Obesity, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40608-017-0159-z
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Martin Aasbrenn, Ingvild Høgestøl, Inger Eribe, Jon Kristinsson, Stian Lydersen, Tom Mala, Per G. Farup

Abstract

Irritable bowel syndrome has been reported as more common in patients with morbid obesity than in the general population. The reason for this association is unknown. The aims of this study were to study the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and other functional bowel disorders in patients with morbid obesity, and to search for predictors of irritable bowel syndrome. Patients opting for bariatric surgery at two obesity centers in South-Eastern Norway were included. Functional bowel disorders were diagnosed according to the Rome III criteria. Predictors were evaluated in a multivariable logistic regression analysis with irritable bowel syndrome as the dependent variable. A total of 350 (58%) out of 603 consecutive patients were included. The prevalence rates of irritable bowel syndrome at the two centers were 17/211 (8%) and 37/139 (27%) respectively. High low-density lipoprotein (OR 2.10; 95% CI 1.34-3.29), self-reported psychiatric disorders (OR 2.39; 95% CI 1.12-5.08) and center (OR 5.22; 95% CI 2.48-10.99) were independent predictors of irritable bowel syndrome. At one of the two obesity centers, the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was threefold higher than in the general population in the same region. The high prevalence appears to be related to dietary differences or altered absorption or metabolism of fat. Attention to irritable bowel syndrome is important in the care of patients with morbid obesity.

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Unknown 56 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 11%
Student > Master 6 11%
Other 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Student > Bachelor 4 7%
Other 12 21%
Unknown 20 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 5%
Unspecified 2 4%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 23 41%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 July 2017.
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#7,820,309
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#4
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