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Overweight and constipation in adolescents
BACKGROUND: The association between overweight and gastrointestinal symptoms has been recently studied in the literature; however, few studies have evaluated the association between overweight and constipation in adolescents in a community-based sample. The aim of this study was to analyze the preva...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21496346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-40 |
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author | Costa, Mariana L Oliveira, Julyanne N Tahan, Soraia Morais, Mauro B |
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description | BACKGROUND: The association between overweight and gastrointestinal symptoms has been recently studied in the literature; however, few studies have evaluated the association between overweight and constipation in adolescents in a community-based sample. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of constipation and its association with being overweight in a community-based survey with adolescents. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,077 adolescents who were enrolled in five schools in the city of Sao José dos Campos, Brazil. Constipation was defined according to modified and combined Rome III criteria for adolescents and adults. Being overweight was defined as a body mass index (BMI) that was equal to or greater than that of the 85(th )percentile for age and gender. RESULTS: Constipation was diagnosed in 18.2% (196/1077) of the included adolescents. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of constipation in males and females who were both younger and older than 14 years. Fecal incontinence was observed in 25 adolescents, 22 (88.0%) of whom were diagnosed as being constipated. The prevalence of being overweight was found in 13.5% (145/1077) of the study population. The prevalence of constipation was observed to be similar in adolescents who were (19.4%; 28/144) and were not (18.0%; 168/933) overweight (p = 0.764; OR = 1.10). Fecal incontinence that was associated with constipation was more frequent in adolescents who were overweight (37.0%; 8/28) than in adolescents who were not overweight (8.5%; 14/168; p = 0.005; OR = 4.40). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of constipation was high among the investigated adolescents. There was no association between being overweight and constipation; however, an association between being overweight and fecal incontinence in constipated adolescents was confirmed. |
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spelling | pubmed-31043662011-06-01 Overweight and constipation in adolescents Costa, Mariana L Oliveira, Julyanne N Tahan, Soraia Morais, Mauro B BMC Gastroenterol Research Article BACKGROUND: The association between overweight and gastrointestinal symptoms has been recently studied in the literature; however, few studies have evaluated the association between overweight and constipation in adolescents in a community-based sample. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of constipation and its association with being overweight in a community-based survey with adolescents. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,077 adolescents who were enrolled in five schools in the city of Sao José dos Campos, Brazil. Constipation was defined according to modified and combined Rome III criteria for adolescents and adults. Being overweight was defined as a body mass index (BMI) that was equal to or greater than that of the 85(th )percentile for age and gender. RESULTS: Constipation was diagnosed in 18.2% (196/1077) of the included adolescents. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of constipation in males and females who were both younger and older than 14 years. Fecal incontinence was observed in 25 adolescents, 22 (88.0%) of whom were diagnosed as being constipated. The prevalence of being overweight was found in 13.5% (145/1077) of the study population. The prevalence of constipation was observed to be similar in adolescents who were (19.4%; 28/144) and were not (18.0%; 168/933) overweight (p = 0.764; OR = 1.10). Fecal incontinence that was associated with constipation was more frequent in adolescents who were overweight (37.0%; 8/28) than in adolescents who were not overweight (8.5%; 14/168; p = 0.005; OR = 4.40). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of constipation was high among the investigated adolescents. There was no association between being overweight and constipation; however, an association between being overweight and fecal incontinence in constipated adolescents was confirmed. BioMed Central 2011-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3104366/ /pubmed/21496346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-40 Text en Copyright ©2011 Costa et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Costa, Mariana L Oliveira, Julyanne N Tahan, Soraia Morais, Mauro B Overweight and constipation in adolescents |
title | Overweight and constipation in adolescents |
title_full | Overweight and constipation in adolescents |
title_fullStr | Overweight and constipation in adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Overweight and constipation in adolescents |
title_short | Overweight and constipation in adolescents |
title_sort | overweight and constipation in adolescents |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21496346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-40 |
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