Numbers of Participants With Constipation and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease According to Diagnostic Criteria
| Constipation status | Broad-sense GERD1 | Broad-sense GERD2 | Narrow-sense GERD | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With GERD | Without GERD | Total | With GERD | Without GERD | Total | With GERD | Without GERD | Total | |||
| Functional constipation |
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| With constipation | 170 (6.1) | 269 (3.7) | 439 | 73 (7.2) | 366 (4.1) | 439 | 77 (6.3) | 362 (4.1) | 439 | ||
| Without constipation | 2615 (93.9) | 6946 (96.3) | 9561 | 940 (92.8) | 8621 (95.9) | 9561 | 1146 (93.7) | 8415 (95.9) | 9561 | ||
| Total | 2785 | 7215 | 10 000 | 1013 | 8987 | 10 000 | 1223 | 8777 | 10 000 | ||
| Chronic constipation |
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| With constipation | 1533 (55.0) | 2271 (31.5) | 3804 | 596 (58.8) | 3208 (35.7) | 3804 | 693 (56.7) | 3111 (35.4) | 3804 | ||
| Without constipation | 1252 (45.0) | 4944 (68.5) | 6196 | 417 (41.2) | 5779 (64.3) | 6196 | 530 (43.3) | 5666 (64.6) | 6196 | ||
| Total | 2785 | 7215 | 10 000 | 1013 | 8987 | 10 000 | 1223 | 8777 | 10 000 | ||
| Awareness of constipation | |||||||||||
| With constipation | 1004 (36.1) | 1559 (21.6) | 2563 | 419 (41.4) | 2144 (23.9) | 2563 | 475 (38.8) | 2088 (23.8) | 2563 | ||
| Without constipation | 1781 (63.9) | 5656 (78.4) | 7437 | 594 (58.6) | 6843 (76.1) | 7437 | 748 (61.2) | 6689 (76.2) | 7437 | ||
| Total | 2785 | 7215 | 10 000 | 1013 | 8987 | 10 000 | 1223 | 8777 | 10 000 | ||
aAccording to Rome IV diagnostic criteria.
bAccording to Japanese guidelines.
GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Values are presented as n (%) or n.