A comparative study of disorders of gut-brain interaction in Western Europe and Asia based on the Rome foundation global epidemiology study.

Jóhann Páll HreinssonReuben K M WongTack Jan Peter J WhorwellMarc A BenningaViola AndresenBruno BonazSuck Chei ChoiEnrico S CorazziariJavier Santos Shin FukudoMotoyori KanazawaXiu Cai FangShrikant I BangdiwalaAmi D SperberOlafur S PalssonMagnus Simrén

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2023)

The prevalence of DGBI is generally higher in Western Europe compared to Asia. A considerable portion of the observed difference in prevalence rates seems to be explained by more severe psychological and non-GI somatic symptoms in Western Europe.

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