title: Water Load Test in Childhood Functional Abdominal Pain: No Relation to Food Intake and Nutritional Status.
abstract: This cross-sectional study evaluates the relations between the water load test in childhood functional gastrointestinal disorders with food intake and nutritional status. Patients with functional dyspepsia required a lower maximum water intake to produce fullness (n = 11, median = 380 mL) than patients with irritable bowel syndrome (n = 10, median = 695 mL) or functional abdominal pain (n = 10, median = 670 mL) (P < 0.05). Among patients who ingested ≤560 mL (n = 17) or >560 mL (n = 14) in the water load test, there was no relation between the maximum drinking capacity and food intake, body mass index, or height.
authors: *Pediatric Gastroenterology Division, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo †Department of Health Science (Nutrition), Federal University of Sao Paulo, Santos, Brazil.
authors: Roberto Koity Fujihara
authors: RK
authors: Ozaki
authors: Ana Cristina Fontenele
authors: AC
authors: Soares
authors: Patricia da Graça Leite
authors: Pda G
authors: Speridião
authors: Mauro Batista
authors: MB
authors: de Morais
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004326:Drinking / Q000502:physiology*; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000503:physiopathology; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D012527:Satiation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water