Epidemiological studies of irritable bowel syndrome status.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 18 Epidemiological studies of irritable bowel syndrome status [Keywords:] Epidemiology of irritable bowel syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome (irritable bowel syndrome, IBS) is a kind of abdominal pain or discomfort with bowel habits functional bowel disorder characterized. At present the etiology and pathogenesis of IBS has not yet understood. IBS prevalence in the world than people high, and there is a rising trend, a great impact on quality of life [1], higher medical costs [2]. Gastroenterology and epidemiological experts from various aspects of IBS epidemic more in-depth study carried out conduct epidemiological investigations for IBS in clinical and basic research provide an objective basis. is the nearest years, epidemiological investigation of IBS are summarized below: 1 Prevalence 1.1 Global distribution IBS prevalence countries in the world of difference between the larger, the total prevalence rate of 5% to 25%, and the Western countries is 8% to 23%, European and North American countries is 10% to 15%, 11% in Oceania ~ 17%, 10% of African countries, Asian countries is 5% to 10% [3, 9]. A meta-analysis showed that the UK, North America, Western Europe, the highest prevalence of IBS, the prevalence of Asia and Africa generally low, but there is no further evidence that the Western countries and the differences between developing countries. [10] In addition to differences in prevalence among countries with their social, cultural, geographical and environmental factors related to the different, the more important may be due to different diagnostic criteria and for the survey questionnaire and the quality of different .1996 IBS in Beijing is the earliest epidemiological studies conducted in a study. 1.2 Demographic Distribution 1.2.1 Age distribution Of age on the prevalence of IBS research reports vary, most believe the higher prevalence of young people, 30 to 40 years as the peak of the prevalence of IBS, midd