Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Marfan Syndrome and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Table 2

Gastrointestinal symptoms in MS patients compared with controls.

	Control	MS	value (Fisher’s exact test)
Number	45	45
M : F	12 : 33	12 : 33
Symptoms
Abdominal pain	13	24	0.0315
Diarrhoea	4	9	0.2297
Constipation	8	16	0.0941
Medicines
Antisecretory/antacids	9	11	0.8004
Laxatives	6	12	0.1868
Oesophageal disorders
Functional chest pain	0	2	0.4944
Functional heartburn	5	9	0.3837
Globus	0	1	1
Functional dysphagia	1	4	1
Gastroduodenal disorders
Functional dyspepsia	3	8	0.1966
Belching disorders	2	3	0.6766
Nausea and vomiting disorders	0	1	1
Rumination syndrome	0	1	—
Bowel disorders
Irritable bowel syndrome	3	6	0.7136
Functional constipation	5	9	0.3837
Functional diarrhoea	2	7	1
Functional abdominal bloating/distension	3	9	0.1184
Unspecified functional bowel disorder	10	23	0.1760
Centrally mediated abdominal pain syndrome	1	2	0.6164
Functional biliary pain	0	0
Anorectal disorders
Faecal incontinence	0	1
Functional anorectal pain	1	2	1

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