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. 2022 May 27;14(5):494–505. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i5.494

Table 1.

List of the top 10 countries pertaining to gastrointestinal publications involvement in coronavirus disease 2019

Ranking
Country
No. of documents
%
Study population
Sample size
Prevalence of GI symptoms (%)
Common GI symptoms
1st United States 278 21.94 Multicentre Cohort Study[48] 318 61.3 Loss of appetite, diarrhoea, and nausea
2nd China 222 17.52 Retrospective study[51] 1320 14.5 Diarrhoea, anorexia, and nausea and vomiting
3rd Italy 184 14.52 Prospective case-control study[47] 34 8.8 Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and nausea
4th United Kingdom 159 12.55 Prospective observational cohort study[42] 20, 133 23 Diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting, and abdominal pain
5th Spain 61 4.81 Retrospective study[49] 76 75 Diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting, and abdominal pain
6th France 59 4.66 Retrospective study[45] 114 2.6 Diarrhoea
7th Germany 56 4.42 Retrospective study[43] 50 > 16 Diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting
8th India 51 4.03 Prospective study[44] 252 10.3 anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain
9th Australia 37 2.92 Epidemiological study[50] 295 > 16 Diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting, and abdominal pain
10th Iran 33 2.60 Retrospective study[46] 611 25.4 Nausea/vomiting, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain

GI: Gastrointestinal.