Prevalence of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders according to Rome III Criteria in Italian Morbidly Obese Patients

Table 1

Demographic characteristics, anthropometric data, and prevalence of comorbidities and of BE behavior pattern in the Italian obese patients and healthy controls. Data are expressed as percentage (%) or as mean ± SE.

	Obese patients; 𝑛=100	Healthy controls; 𝑛=100	𝑃
Gender (M/F)	44/56	36/64	0.3
Age (years)	34.3±1.1	31.2±1.6	0.1
Weight (Kg)	131.3±2.9	64.9±1.8	<0.001
BMI (Kg/m^2)	45.9±0.7	23.4±0.4	<0.001
Ethnic origin (Caucasian %)	100	100
Smoking (%)	31.0%	14.0%	0.007
Number of cigarettes per day	23.9±2.7	7.4±3.1	0.004
Diabetes (%)	4	0
Hypertension (%)	19.0	0
Dyslipidemia (%)	17	0
Respiratory diseases (%)	41	0
Musculoskeletal disorders (%)	21	0
BE behavior pattern (%)	22.0	0	<0.001

M: male; F: female; BMI: body mass index.