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Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region

AIM: To investigate correlations between diet and prevalence of constipation among elderly people in Beijing. METHODS: A total of 2776 (≥ 60 years) were selected in Beijing region for investigation. Data regarding constipation and diet habits was collected via hierarchical status, segmentation and r...

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Autores principales: Yang, Xiao-Jiao, Zhang, Mei, Zhu, Hong-Ming, Tang, Zhe, Zhao, Dan-Dan, Li, Bang-Yi, Gabriel, Amanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27818596
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i39.8806
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author Yang, Xiao-Jiao
Zhang, Mei
Zhu, Hong-Ming
Tang, Zhe
Zhao, Dan-Dan
Li, Bang-Yi
Gabriel, Amanda
author_facet Yang, Xiao-Jiao
Zhang, Mei
Zhu, Hong-Ming
Tang, Zhe
Zhao, Dan-Dan
Li, Bang-Yi
Gabriel, Amanda
author_sort Yang, Xiao-Jiao
collection PubMed
description AIM: To investigate correlations between diet and prevalence of constipation among elderly people in Beijing. METHODS: A total of 2776 (≥ 60 years) were selected in Beijing region for investigation. Data regarding constipation and diet habits was collected via hierarchical status, segmentation and random cluster sampling. Investigation included constipation-related demographic indicators and diet habits. Door-to-door questionnaires and surveys included daily staple food intakes, frequency of fish, egg, fruits and vegetables consumption. Constipation was defined according to the China Chronic Constipation Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline (2013), with the following constipation judgment indicators: decreased defecation frequency, dry and hard stool, and difficulty in defecation. RESULTS: The prevalence of constipation among elderly people in Beijing region was 13%. There was a positive correlation between prevalence of constipation and age, but negative correlations between prevalence of constipation and staple food, fish and dietary fibres (fruits and vegetables) intakes. These differences were all statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of elderly constipation in Beijing region is closely related to diet habits, and is significantly decreased by high staple foods intake, fish eating and high dietary fibres (fruits and vegetables) consumption.
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spelling pubmed-50755552016-11-04 Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region Yang, Xiao-Jiao Zhang, Mei Zhu, Hong-Ming Tang, Zhe Zhao, Dan-Dan Li, Bang-Yi Gabriel, Amanda World J Gastroenterol Observational Study AIM: To investigate correlations between diet and prevalence of constipation among elderly people in Beijing. METHODS: A total of 2776 (≥ 60 years) were selected in Beijing region for investigation. Data regarding constipation and diet habits was collected via hierarchical status, segmentation and random cluster sampling. Investigation included constipation-related demographic indicators and diet habits. Door-to-door questionnaires and surveys included daily staple food intakes, frequency of fish, egg, fruits and vegetables consumption. Constipation was defined according to the China Chronic Constipation Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline (2013), with the following constipation judgment indicators: decreased defecation frequency, dry and hard stool, and difficulty in defecation. RESULTS: The prevalence of constipation among elderly people in Beijing region was 13%. There was a positive correlation between prevalence of constipation and age, but negative correlations between prevalence of constipation and staple food, fish and dietary fibres (fruits and vegetables) intakes. These differences were all statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of elderly constipation in Beijing region is closely related to diet habits, and is significantly decreased by high staple foods intake, fish eating and high dietary fibres (fruits and vegetables) consumption. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2016-10-21 2016-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5075555/ /pubmed/27818596 http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i39.8806 Text en ©The Author(s) 2016. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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Yang, Xiao-Jiao
Zhang, Mei
Zhu, Hong-Ming
Tang, Zhe
Zhao, Dan-Dan
Li, Bang-Yi
Gabriel, Amanda
Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region
title Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region
title_full Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region
title_fullStr Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region
title_short Epidemiological study: Correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in Beijing region
title_sort epidemiological study: correlation between diet habits and constipation among elderly in beijing region
topic Observational Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27818596
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i39.8806
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