Fig. 3. Changes in epigastric pain symptom severity according to anxiety and depression during the follow-up period. There were no differences in symptoms between the non-overlap and overlap functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) in anxiety (–) and depression (–) groups (A and C), however, differences between the non-overlap and overlap FGID were revealed during the follow-up period in anxiety (+) and depression (+) groups (B and D). There was no change in symptom severity in both non-overlap and overlap FGIDs during the follow-up period in the anxiety group (B). (+), patients has anxiety or depression; (–), patients has no anxiety or depression; f/u, follow-up.
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