Research Article
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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