Risk Factors for Fecal Urgency Among Individuals With and Without Diarrhea, Based on Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Fecal urgency is a common symptom among patients with gastrointestinal disorders, but can also occur in healthy individuals with normal bowel habits. There have been few studies of fecal urgency in the general population. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to analyze the prevalence of and risk factors for this symptom.

Methods

We analyzed data from 4676 persons who completed the Bowel Health Questionnaire from the NHANES, from 2009 through 2010. The NHANES sampled a nationally representative group of adults in the United States and provides information on demographics, medical comorbidities, and dietary habits of survey participants. The Bowel Health Questionnaire provided addit

SUBMITTER: Rangan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098738 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature