The prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in the Republic of Belarus
https://doi.org/10.31146/1682-8658-ecg-207-11-117-121
Abstract
In this data, we analyzed patients’ histories of 6466 outpatients with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases who visited gastroenterologist in Minsk Clinical Consulting Diagnostic Centre. 1698 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were selected. It was revealed that IBS is a wide spread functional bowel disorder and its proportion among GI diseases was 26,3%. IBS in females is 2.5 times more common than in males. IBS occurred in all age groups with a small difference in the frequency of subtypes by age, mainly at the overage age.
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Rustamov M.N. The prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in the Republic of Belarus. Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology. 2022;(11):117-121. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31146/1682-8658-ecg-207-11-117-121
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