Mahadeva, S. and Goh, K.L. (2006) Epidemiology of functional dyspepsia: a global perspective. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 12 (17). pp. 2661-6. ISSN 1007-9327, DOI 16718749.
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Dyspepsia refers to group of upper gastrointestinal symptoms that occur commonly in adults. Dyspepsia is known to result from organic causes, but the majority of patients suffer from non-ulcer or functional dyspepsia. Epidemiological data from population-based studies of various geographical locations have been reviewed, as they provide more realistic information. Population-based studies on true functional dyspepsia (FD) are few, due to the logistic difficulties of excluding structural disease in large numbers of people. Globally, the prevalence of uninvestigated dyspepsia (UD) varies between 7%-45%, depending on definition used and geographical location, whilst the prevalence of FD has been noted to vary between 11%-29.2%. Risk factors for FD have been shown to include females and underlying psychological disturbances, whilst environmental/ lifestyle habits such as poor socio-economic status, smoking, increased caffeine intake and ingestion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs appear to be more relevant to UD. It is clear that dyspepsia and FD in particular are common conditions globally, affecting most populations, regardless of location.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Alcohol Drinking; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal;Dyspepsia/classification; |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Faizal Hamzah |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2011 03:19 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2014 04:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/605 |
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