ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2018
Empirically derived dietary habits are associated with irritable bowel syndrome.
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- A Dietary Intervention with Reduction of Starch and Sucrose Leads to Reduced Gastrointestinal and Extra-Intestinal Symptoms in IBS Patients.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Irregular Dietary Habits with a High Intake of Cereals and Sweets Are Associated with More Severe Gastrointestinal Symptoms in IBS Patients.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Effects of meal regularity and snacking frequency on irritable bowel syndrome.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The association between dietary meal intake habits and coronary artery stenosis and cardio-metabolic risk factors.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- The relationship between meal regularity with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in adults.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Association of Diet, Body Mass Index, and Lifestyle on the Gastrointestinal Health Risk in a Sample of Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Efficacy of an Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diet in the Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Irritable bowel syndrome in midlife women: a narrative review.Women's midlife health · 2021Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesThe associations between empirically derived dietary habits and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have not been investigated. This study aimed to assess the relationship between empirically derived dietary habits and IBS in a large population of Iranian adults. SUBJECTS/
methodsIn a cross-sectional study, dietary habits of 4763 adults were assessed in three domains, "meal pattern", "eating rate" and "intra-meal fluid intake". We used latent class analysis to identify classes of dietary habits. IBS was defined based on ROME III criteria.
resultsIBS was prevalent in 20.3% (n = 966) of the study population. Two distinct classes of meal patterns: "regular" and "irregular", three classes of eating rates: "moderate", "moderate-to-slow" and "moderate-to-fast" and two classes of fluid ingestion with meals: "moderate" and "heavy intra-meal drinking" were identified. After adjustment for confounders, "heavy intra-meal fluid intake" was protectively associated with IBS (OR = 0.79; 95% CI:0.64-0.96). When potential confounders were considered, "meal pattern" and "eating rate" were not significantly associated with IBS in the whole population. After adjustment for confounders, women with "irregular meal pattern" had a 30% greater risk of having IBS, compared with those with "regular meal pattern" (OR = 1.30; 95% CI:1.02-1.67). Overweight participants with "fast eating rate" were 70% more likely to have IBS, compared to those with "moderate eating rate" (OR = 1.70; 95% CI:1.13-2.55). "Irregular meal pattern" was related to frequency and severity of abdominal pain.
conclusionsWe found a significant association between heavy intra-meal fluid intake" and IBS. More large-scale prospective studies are needed to affirm this association.
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