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Irritable bowel syndrome, gastro-oesophageal reflux, and bronchial hyper-responsiveness in the general population

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Kennedy, T M, Jones, R H, Hungin, A P S, O’Flanagan, H, Kelly, P·1998·Gut

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Background —Associations have been shown between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gastro-oesophageal reflux, between gastro-oesophageal reflux and asthma, and more recently between IBS and bronchial hyper-responsiveness (BHR). Aims —To explore the inter-relations between these conditions. Subjects —A randomly selected community sample of 4432 adults. Methods —A validated postal symptom questionnaire investigating the associations between IBS, gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms, and symptomatic BHR. Results —3169 questionnaires (71.7% response) returned by 1451 men and 1718 women were analysed. One year prevalences, in men and women respectively, of IBS were 10.5% and 22.9%, of dyspepsia 26.3% and 25.25%, of gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms 29.4% and 28.2%, of BHR 13.2% and 14.6%, and of chronic bronchitis 8.3% and 4.9%. Logistic regression showed independent associations between IBS and BHR, gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms, and dyspepsia. There was no significant independent association between IBS and chronic bronchitis. In men and women the odds ratio with 95% confidence interval (CI) for IBS and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms was 2.6 (2.1–3.1; p<0.001) and for IBS and BHR 2.1 (1.7–2.7; p<0.001). These associations held on stratifying for sex and consultation behaviour. IBS, gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms, and bronchial hyper-responsiveness occurred more frequently together than expected, 2.5% (95% CI 2.41–2.57) of the sample having all three conditions compared with an expected prevalence of 0.7% (95% CI 0.66–0.71). The conditions were independently associated with each other. Conclusions —These observations may indicate the presence of an underlying disorder producing symptoms in gastrointestinal and respiratory systems.

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  • Two population based studies in the United States and the United Kingdom reported 25% and 19% overlap between IBS and GERD, respectively.

    “Two other population based studies in the United States and the United Kingdom reported 25% and 19% overlap between IBS and GERD, respectively.17,18”

    From Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Co-morbid Gastrointestinal and Extra-gastrointestinal Functional Syndromes (2010) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Results describe a UK community sample and confirm that IBS and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms coexist. They report reflux symptoms in 43.1% of people with IBS who had consulted a GP and 47.4% of those who had not, not a 19% overlap. This source is cited for the UK study, not the US study's 25% figure; page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  1. American Thoracic Society. Definitions and classification of chronic bronchitis, asthma and pulmonary emphysema. Am Rev Respir Dis 1962;85:762-8.
  2. Drossman DA, Thompson WG, Talley NJ, et al. Identifica- tion of subgroups of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Gastroenterology International 1990;3:159-72.

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Authors
Kennedy, T. M., Jones, R. H., Hungin, A. P. S., O’Flanagan, H., & Kelly, P.
Affiliations
  • St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
  • aDepartment of General Practice, UMDS (Guy’s and St Thomas’s Medical School), London, bNorthern Region Research Network, Stockton-on-Tees, cCentre for Health Services and Medical Research, University of Teesside, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland
Corresponding author
Kennedy, T M
Venue
Gut
Publisher
BMJ
Published
1998-12-01
Volume
43
Issue
6
Pages
770-774
ISSN
  • 0017-5749 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-3288
OpenAlex
W2107657525
Cited by
199
References
28
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FWCI
5.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Gut (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
Keywords
irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux, airway hyperresponsiveness, dyspepsia, chronic bronchitis, asthma, comorbidities, prevalence, sex differences, consultation behaviour
MeSH terms
Adult, Colonic Diseases, Functional, Female, Gastroesophageal Reflux, United Kingdom, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Bronchial Hyperreactivity

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