ArticleJournal of neurogastroenterology and motility2011
Are Food Constituents Relevant to the Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Young Adults? - A Rome III Based Prevalence Study of the Korean Medical Students.
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- Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of diet and nutrient intake in adults with irritable bowel syndrome.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors Among Medical Students.Cureus · 2025Article
- Differences in Prevalence and Psychosocial Characteristics of Irritable Bowel Syndrome According to Rome III and Rome IV Criteria in Medical and Nursing Students.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2024Article
- Dietary habits as associated factors with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students: evidence from a cross-sectional study.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Does irritable bowel syndrome plague our budding doctors? - A study from an Indian medical college.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- The Relevance of Food Constituents to the Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Rome IV-Based Prevalence Study Among Medical Students.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Prevalence and Determinants Among Adults in the Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of functional gastrointestinal disorders in early period medical students: a pilot study in Tunisia.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2022Article
- The association between dietary total antioxidant capacity and odds and severity of irritable bowel syndrome among Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Irritable bowel syndrome in Egyptian medical students, prevalence and associated factors: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students in a Malaysian private university: a cross sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students at Ain Shams University.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2019Article
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- Irritable bowel syndrome is positively related to metabolic syndrome: a population-based cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2014Article
- A school-based study of irritable bowel syndrome in medical students in beijing, china: prevalence and some related factors.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2014Article
- Prevalence and predictors of irritable bowel syndrome among medical students and interns in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2013Article
- Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and its Association with Anxiety among Medical Students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
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aimsIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is prevalent in general population. This study investigates the prevalence of IBS in medical college students in Korea as well as the influence of dietary habits and nutritional intake on IBS.
methodsThis study is a cross-sectional study of 319 students (239 males and 80 females, age 22.3 ± 2.5 years) from the 6 grade levels of the Medical College in Korea. All students filled out a self-reported questionnaire for ROME III criteria. They also completed a questionnaire to validate dietary habits and food frequency in Korean.
resultsThe overall prevalence of IBS was 29.2% without correlation to age, body mass index and grade level in Medical School. However, the prevalence was significantly higher in females than males (33/80 vs 60/239, P = 0.007). There were no significant differences between the IBS-group and the non-IBS group in aspect of nutrition. Not only the diet habits, but also the daily nutritional intake, and even the breakdown into the 12 micronutrients, yielded no significant differences between the 2 groups.
conclusionsTwenty-nine percent of the medical college students have IBS with a greater prevalence in females. The dietary habits and nutritional intake of the students might not be associated with IBS.
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