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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

Association of Symptoms with Eating Habits and Food Preferences in Chronic Gastritis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Yuan Li, Zeqi Su, Ping Li, Yicong Li, Nadia Johnson, Qi Zhang, Shihao Du, Huali Zhao, Kexin Li, Chi Zhang and 1 more

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Yuan LiDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5311-9561
Zeqi SuBeijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Ping LiDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Yicong LiDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Nadia JohnsonInternational School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Qi ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Shihao DuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Huali ZhaoDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Kexin LiDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Chi ZhangInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Xia DingSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7346-942X

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purposeThere is a lack of research on the relationship between symptoms and dietary factors of chronic gastritis (CG) patients, and the contribution of dietary management in relieving symptoms of CG patients has not attracted enough attention. This study aimed to identify the associations between different symptoms and dietary factors.

resultsThe majority of patients (58.17%) reported that their symptoms were related to dietary factors. About 53% reported that they had the habit of "eating too fast," followed by "irregular mealtimes" (29.66%) and "eating leftover food" (28.14%). Sweets (27.57%), spicy foods (25.10%), and meat (24.33%) were the most popular among all participants. Stomachache and gastric distention were the most common symptoms and were both associated with irregular mealtimes, irregular meal sizes, eating out in restaurants, meats, barbecue, fried foods, sour foods, sweets, snacks, and salty foods (support >0.05 and lift >1.0). Their most strongly associated factors were irregular meal sizes, barbecues, and snacks (lift >1.2). In addition, irregular mealtimes, salty foods, and sweet foods may be important diet factors influencing the symptoms in CG patients (support >0.05 and lift >1.0), as they were associated with almost all dyspeptic symptoms in the whole group and subgroup analyses. Furthermore, alcohol, barbecue, and spicy foods were associated with almost all symptoms for males (support >0.05 and lift >1.0), but sweets were the only dietary factor associated with all symptoms for females (support >0.05 and lift >1.0).

conclusionThis study has provided new data for the association of symptoms with eating habits and food preferences in CG patients. The role of individual daily management schemes, such as dietary or lifestyle programs, needs more attention.

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