TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology of irritable bowel syndrome in children and adolescents in Asia
AU - Devanarayana, Niranga M.
AU - Rajindrajith, Shaman
AU - Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam
AU - Abegunasekara, Chithra
AU - Gunawardena, Nipul K.
AU - Benninga, Marc A.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Several cross-sectional surveys have been conducted to study the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in children. The aim of the present study was to conduct a systematic review and a meta-analysis of published literature to estimate the prevalence of IBS among Asian children. A computer-assisted search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and regional databases of Asia was carried out. Selected articles were reviewed in depth and data were extracted. Pooled prevalence, sex differences, and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Heterogeneity of the studies was assessed using the I(2) test. A total of 16 cross-sectional studies that reported prevalence of IBS (in children and adolescents) and qualified to be included were taken into the final analysis containing 38,076 patients. Selected studies are from China, Korea, Japan, Iran, Sri Lanka, and Saudi Arabia. Studies showed a marked heterogeneity with I(2) of 98.59 (P < 0.0001). Prevalence of IBS ranges from 2.8% to 25.7%, with a pooled prevalence of 12.41% (95% confidence interval 9.87-14.95). Prevalence risk ratio of girl:boy is 1.39. Prevalence of subtypes is diverse and varies between studies. The published data indicate that IBS is a significant problem among Asian children and adolescents. Female sex predisposes children and adolescents to develop IBS
AB - Several cross-sectional surveys have been conducted to study the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in children. The aim of the present study was to conduct a systematic review and a meta-analysis of published literature to estimate the prevalence of IBS among Asian children. A computer-assisted search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and regional databases of Asia was carried out. Selected articles were reviewed in depth and data were extracted. Pooled prevalence, sex differences, and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Heterogeneity of the studies was assessed using the I(2) test. A total of 16 cross-sectional studies that reported prevalence of IBS (in children and adolescents) and qualified to be included were taken into the final analysis containing 38,076 patients. Selected studies are from China, Korea, Japan, Iran, Sri Lanka, and Saudi Arabia. Studies showed a marked heterogeneity with I(2) of 98.59 (P < 0.0001). Prevalence of IBS ranges from 2.8% to 25.7%, with a pooled prevalence of 12.41% (95% confidence interval 9.87-14.95). Prevalence risk ratio of girl:boy is 1.39. Prevalence of subtypes is diverse and varies between studies. The published data indicate that IBS is a significant problem among Asian children and adolescents. Female sex predisposes children and adolescents to develop IBS
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000000714
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000000714
M3 - Article
C2 - 26000888
SN - 0277-2116
VL - 60
SP - 792
EP - 798
JO - Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
JF - Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
IS - 6
ER -