Somatic Comorbidity in Chronic Constipation: More Data from the GECCO Study

Table 1

Somatic diagnoses reported by constipated individuals identified as meeting IBS-C, FC-R, and FC definitions (number of cases, more than one allowed). Bold indicates increased prevalence as compared to population data.

Self-reported diagnoses	IBS-C	FC-R	FC	All	P (%)	PP^# (%)
	91	76	78	245 + 335 = 580
	Non-GI diagnoses
Diabetes	10	23	19	52	8.9	10.0
Hypothyroidism	38	34	35	107	18.4	10.0
Stroke	10	7	12	29	5.0	1.0
Scleroderma	1	2	0	3	0.5	0.01
Parkinson’s disease	1	4	0	5	0.8	0.25
Multiple sclerosis	4	2	0	6	1.0	0.15
	GI diagnoses
Crohn’s disease	1	1	2	4	0.7	0.04
Ulcerative colitis	6	3	2	11	1.9	0.08
Celiac disease	2	0	0	2	0.3	1.0
GI cancer	19	19	19	57	9.8	???
Anal stenosis	23	12	2	37	6.4	???
Anal/rectal prolapse	13	5	5	23	3.9	???

Prevalence (%) in the combined cohort with and without comorbidities.
^#Population prevalence (%) of the disease according to crude epidemiological data.