Epidemiology of IBS

Rok Seon Choung; G. Richard Locke

doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2010.12.006

Epidemiology of IBS

Rok Seon Choung, G. Richard Locke

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Abstract

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder. Because not everyone needs to seek care, population-based studies are needed to truly understand the epidemiology of IBS. About 10% of the population has IBS at any one time and about 200 people per 100,000 will receive an initial diagnosis of IBS over the course of a year. IBS patients are more frequently younger in age, and a female predominance has been observed in Western countries and tertiary care settings. IBS patients commonly report overlapping upper GI, as well as a variety of non-GI, complaints.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Gastroenterology Clinics of North America
Volume	40
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gtc.2010.12.006
State	Published - Mar 2011

Keywords

Epidemiology
Irritable bowel syndrome
Natural history
Overlap

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Gastroenterology

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