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ReviewMayo Clinic proceedings2021

Sex- and Gender-Related Differences in Common Functional Gastroenterologic Disorders.

Susrutha Puthanmadhom Narayanan, Bradley Anderson, Adil E Bharucha

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Review in Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
11.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susrutha Puthanmadhom NarayananDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Bradley AndersonMercy Clinic, Oklahoma City, OK.
Adil E BharuchaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: bharucha.adil@mayo.edu.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

Pathophysiology of Anorectal DisordersR01DK078924 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI BHARUCHA, ADIL E. · 2008 to 2023
$5.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders (FGIDs) result from central and peripheral mechanisms, cause chronic remitting-relapsing symptoms, and are associated with comorbid conditions and impaired quality of life. This article reviews sex- and gender-based differences in the prevalence, pathophysiologic factors, clinical characteristics, and management of functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) that together affect approximately 1 in 4 people in the United States. These conditions are more common in women. Among patients with IBS, women are more likely to have severe symptoms and coexistent anxiety or depression; constipation or bloating and diarrhea are more common in women and men, respectively, perhaps partly because defecatory disorders, which cause constipation, are more common in women. Current concepts suggest that biological disturbances (eg, persistent mucosal inflammation after acute gastroenteritis) interact with other environmental factors (eg, abuse) and psychological stressors, which influence the brain and gut to alter GI tract motility or sensation, thereby causing symptoms. By comparison to a considerable understanding of sex-based differences in the pathogenesis of visceral hypersensitivity in animal models, we know less about the contribution of these differences to FGID in humans. Slow gastric emptying and colon transit are more common in healthy women than in men, but effects of gonadal hormones on colon transit are less important than in rodents. Although increased visceral sensation partly explains symptoms, the effects of sex on visceral sensation, colonic permeability, and the gut microbiome are less prominent in humans than rodents. Whether sex or gender affects response to medications or behavioral therapy in FD or IBS is unclear because most patients in these studies are women.

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Severity of Illness IndexSex FactorsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceUnited States

Identifiers

PMID33814075
PMCPMC8075061
OpenAlexW3152161209

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