title: The prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders in the chinese air force population.
abstract: Background. Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common in the general population worldwide. However, there is paucity of large sale surveys for prevalence of FGID in the military personnel. Methods. It is a cross-sectional study, using Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of FGID among the Chinese Air Force (CAF) workers. Results. Of 4633 registered male subjects, there were 818 (16.4%) air crew and 4170 (83.6%) ground personnel. FGIDs were identified in 1088 (23.48%) of cases. It was more prevalent in the ground personnel than air crew (24.02% versus 20.33%; P = 0.022). Based on Rome III criteria, the commonest disease category was functional gastroduodenal disorder (37.4%), whereas functional nausea and vomiting disorder (FNV) was the most frequent overall diagnosis. Functional dyspepsia (FD) with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was the leading FGIDs' overlap (3.9%). Conclusion. FGIDs in CAF population are rather underestimated. This necessitates preventive strategies according to job characteristics.
authors: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28 Fu Xing Road, Beijing 100853, China.
authors: Wenming
authors: W
authors: Wu
authors: Xu
authors: X
authors: Guo
authors: Yunsheng
authors: Y
authors: Yang
authors: Lihua
authors: L
authors: Peng
authors: Gaoping
authors: G
authors: Mao
authors: Hyder
authors: H
authors: Qurratulain
authors: Weifeng
authors: W
authors: Wang
authors: Gang
authors: G
authors: Sun
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