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The Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the US Military: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2016
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Title
The Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the US Military: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study
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American Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2016
DOI 10.1038/ajg.2015.386
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Mark S Riddle, Marleen Welsh, Chad K Porter, Chiping Nieh, Edward J Boyko, Gary Gackstetter, Tomoko I Hooper

Abstract

Functional gastrointestinal disorders occur more frequently among deployed veterans, although studies evaluating the relative impact of risk factors, including stress and antecedent infectious gastroenteritis (IGE), are limited. We examined risk factors for new-onset irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among active duty participants in the military's Millennium Cohort Study. Medical encounter data from 2001 to 2009, limited to Cohort members on active duty, were used to identify incident IBS cases (any and highly probable). IGE was identified using medical encounter or self-report. Covariate data were obtained from the Millennium Cohort Study surveys and analyzed using Cox proportional hazards methods. Overall, 41,175 Cohort members met the eligibility criteria for inclusion and 314 new-onset cases of IBS were identified among these. Significant risk factors (adjusted hazard ratio, 95% confidence interval) included antecedent IGE (2.05, 1.53-2.75), female gender (1.96, 1.53-2.52), number of life stressors (1: 1.82, 1.37-2.41; 2: 2.86, 2.01-4.06; 3+: 6.69, 4.59-9.77), and anxiety syndrome (1.74, 1.17-2.58). Limited to highly probable IBS, a stronger association with antecedent IGE was observed, particularly when based on medical encounter records (any IGE: 2.20, 1.10-4.43; medical encounter IGE only: 2.84, 1.33-6.09). Precedent anxiety or depression and IGE interacted with increased IBS risk compared with IGE alone. These results confirm previous studies on the association between sociodemographic or life stressors and IBS. IGE was significantly associated with IBS risk. Whether deployed or not, US service members often encounter repeated exposure to high levels of stress, which, combined with other environmental factors such as IGE, may result in long-term debilitating functional gastrointestinal disorders.Am J Gastroenterol advance online publication, 5 January 2016; doi:10.1038/ajg.2015.386.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 85 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 13%
Researcher 9 11%
Student > Bachelor 9 11%
Other 6 7%
Lecturer 4 5%
Other 18 21%
Unknown 28 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 6%
Psychology 4 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 32 38%
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