Table 4.
Prevalence of sub-types of FGID in fibromyalgia and healthy controls from five studies (%).
| Author | IBS (C1) |
Alternating constipation and diarrhoea (C*) |
Bloating (or ‘gas’) (C2) |
Constipation (C3) |
Diarrhoea (C4) |
Abdominal pain (D1) |
Unspecified functional abdominal pain (D2) |
Faecal incontinence (F1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMS | NC | FMS | NC | FMS | NC | FMS | NC | FMS | NC | FMS | NC | FMS | NC | FMS | NC | |
| Triadafilopoulos24 | 60.0 | 0 | 62.6 | 0 | 59.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 2.0a | 54.0 | 4.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Sivri45 | 41.8 | 16.0 | 41.8 | 20.0 | 45.5 | - | 30.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 38.2 | 8.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Kurland49 | 81.0 | - | 61.0 | - | - | - | 15.2 | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Almansa51 | 39.0 | 3.0 | - | - | 34 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 56.0 | 25.0 |
| Marum41 | 95.0 | - | 22.2 | - | - | - | 69.4 | - | 8.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FGID average b | 67.2 | 52.9 | 65.4 | 21.3 | 6.0 | 57.1 | 19.0 | 56.0 | ||||||||
a
Estimated from Triadafilopoulos Figure 2 (data not provided).
b
Calculated from studies reporting that FGID.
FGID, functional gastrointestinal disorder; FMS, fibromyalgia patients; NC, normal controls.