Open AccessPrevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among university students in Lebanon: Findings from a cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Christy Costanian,
Hani Tamim,
Shafika Assaad
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i12.3628
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , irritable bowel syndrome , medicine , logistic regression , residence , multivariate analysis , bivariate analysis , demography , stepwise regression , young adult , gerontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
To describe the bowel habits and the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and to investigate the influence of health behavior and social factors on IBS prevalence in university students.