The relationship between abdominal obesity and irritable bowel syndrome in adults.

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Doğan Kaya Y., Uzuner A.

MARMARA MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.35, sa.1, ss.31-35, 2022 (ESCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5472/marumj.1065778
  • Dergi Adı: MARMARA MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.31-35
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and abdominal obesity.
Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, consisting of 18-49 year old patients who applied to Marmara University School
of Medicine’s Family Medicine outpatient clinics and who accepted to participate. A questionnaire was applied using face-to-face
interview technique; anthropometric measurements were obtained as recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). The
diagnosis of IBS was made for those who fully met the diagnostic criteria of ROME IV-IBS and had no alarm symptoms. Abdominal
obesity of the participants was determined via anthropometric measurements. Statistical analyses were performed by using SPSS 20
package program.
Results: A total of 487 patients participated in the study: 77% female, 33% male; mean age value 33.71±8.59 years. The prevalence
of IBS was 24.2% (n=118) [F:27.2% (n=102), M:14.3% (n=16)]. Abdominal obesity prevalence was 31.2% (n=152) [F:24.5% (n=92,
M:53.6% (n=60)]. There is no statistically significant difference in terms of abdominal obesity with and without IBS (p>0.05).
Conclusion: In this study no statistically significant relationship has been detected between IBS and abdominal obesity.
Keywords: Irritable bowel syndrome, Abdominal obesity, Central obesity