Our global epidemiological study showed sex differences in individual disorders of gut–brain interaction(DGBI) symptoms, where women experienced higher prevalence in the vast majority of symptoms.
This may indicate sex-specific abnormal regulation in women that increases symptoms compared to men.
We found that both premenopausal women and comparably aged younger men tended to have greater symptom burden compared to their older counter-parts, which supports that there is an age effect on DGBI symptoms that is possibly independent of sex.
Some indicators of visceral perception were increased in premenopausal women compared to postmenopausal women, and others of outlet dysfunction were increased in postmenopausal compared to premenopausal women, both of which differences were not shared by men.
This, together with our finding that menses-related symptoms tend to be most bothersome and most co-morbid in pain-predominant DGBI (irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia), suggests that sex hormone-mediated effects on visceral perception and GI function may contribute to a greater symptom burden in women than men with DGBI.
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🎯Sex hormone-mediated effects may contribute to ⏫symptom burden in women than men with #DGBI👏
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