Role of gender and early childhood in constipation
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Heather
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Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 5, Issue 9, September 2007, Pages 1059-1064
doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2007.04.028
Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Medical Presentation of Constipation From Childhood to Early Adulthood: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Denesh K. Chitkara, , , Nicholas J. Talley‡, G. Richard Locke III‡, Amy L. Weaver§, Slavica K. Katusic§, Heiko De Schepper‡ and Mary Jo Rucker
Background & Aims: Constipation is a common disorder in children and adults, but the role of gender and early life risk factors remains undefined. The aims of the study were as follows: (1) to estimate the incidence of medical presentation for constipation in a population-based birth cohort, and (2) to examine factors associated with constipation presentation from childhood to adulthood.
Methods: A birth cohort of all children born between 1976 and 1982 to mothers who were residents of Rochester, Minnesota, and who remained in the community until age 5 was used for this study. Medical visits for constipation were identified by diagnoses codes and chart review. Subjects were followed up based on their diagnoses accumulated while younger than 21 years old, and 80% of subjects remained in the area until 18 years of age.
Results: Of 5299 birth cohort members without constipation presentation before age 5, the overall age- and sex-adjusted incidence was 3.9 per 1000 person-years. A higher incidence for constipation in females occurred beginning at 13 years to early adulthood (rate ratio, 2.6 for 13–16 y and 4.2 for 17 to <21 y). Children with a diagnosis for constipation at younger than 5 years of age had a significantly higher incidence for subsequent medical visits for constipation through adolescence and early adulthood compared with the incidence rate of children without an early medical presentation (rate ratio, 4.5 for 5–8 y, 2.5 for 9–12 y, and 3.9 for 17–20 y).
Conclusions: Early medical presentation and female sex influence incident and repeat medical visits for constipation from childhood to early adulthood.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7GGW-4P5YK6F-1&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=317be6cbdd8c8dfa61789a841cbe1ce3
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