Do bad habits bring a double constipation risk?

Santacruz, Carlos Cerdán; López, Mario Ortega; García, Marta Vigara; Fernández-Pérez, Cristina; Miguel, Javier Cerdán

doi:10.5152/tjg.2018.17533

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“…In a Spanish study of 414 participants aged over 50 years, physical activity was not associated with constipation [14]. In a another Spanish study of 415 participants aged 43.8 years, exercise habits were not related to constipation [15]. The discrepancies among these study results may be explained, at least in part, by the differences in the definition of constipation, exercise intensity, race, sample size, study design, assessment of exercise, and age.…”

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“…In Icelandic, Swedish, Hong Kong, two Chinese and three Japanese studies showed the inverse association between constipation, functional constipation, and PA [4-11]. On the other hand, In US, British, and two Spanish studies were no association between PA and constipation was found [12-15]. Epidemiological evidence on this issue has been limited and inconsistent.…”

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Physical activity and prevalence of constipation in Japanese young people

Watanabe,

Furukawa,

Yamamoto

et al. 2024

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Background : Constipation is a very common medical issue among general humans worldwide. The association between physical activity (PA) and constipation is still inconsistent. Additionally, no evidence regarding this issue in young population. Aims : This study aimed to evaluate the association between self-reported physical activity and constipation in Japanese young population, taking the presence or absence of an exercise partner as an additional variable. Methods : The study subjects consisted of 12497 Japanese university students. Information on constipation, exercise frequency, exercise intensity, and exercise partners was obtained from a self-administered questionnaire. Age, sex, body mass index, drinking, smoking, anemia, and sport injury were selected as potential confounding factors. Results: The prevalence of constipation was 6.5% in this cohort. Low, moderate, and high frequency of exercise was independently inversely associated with constipation (adjusted odds ratios [a OR] were low: a OR 0.77 [95% confdence interval (CI) 0.63–0.94], moderate: a OR 0.75 [95% CI 0.60–0.94] and high: a OR 0.70 [95% CI 0.53–0.91], p for trend p=0.002). Low, moderate, and high intensity of exercise was independently inversely associated with constipation (low: a OR 0.77 [95% CI 0.62–0.97], moderate: a OR 0.77 [95% CI 0.63–0.95] and high: a OR 0.70 [95% CI 0.53–0.87], p for trend p=0.001). Exercise with groups and with friends was independently inversely associated with constipation whereas the association between exercising alone and constipation was not signifcant (groups: a OR 0.70 [95% CI 0.53–0.90] and friends: a OR 0.56 [95% CI 0.42–0.74]) Conclusion: In the young Japanese population, frequency and intensity of exercise and presence of exercise partner might be independently inversely associated with constipation.

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Physical activity and prevalence of constipation in Japanese young people

Watanabe,

Furukawa,

Yamamoto

et al. 2024

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A clinical pathway for integrative medicine in the treatment of functional constipation in Hong Kong, China

Wei,

Li,

Lyu

et al. 2023

Journal of Integrative Medicine

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Potential risk factors for constipation in the community

Werth¹,

Christopher²

2021

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Constipation is a common community health problem. There are many factors that are widely thought to be associated with constipation but real-world evidence of these associations is difficult to locate. These potential risk factors may be categorised as demographic, lifestyle and health-related factors. This review presents the available evidence for each factor by an assessment of quantitative data from cross-sectional studies of community-dwelling adults published over the last 30 years. It appears that there is evidence of an association between constipation and female gender, residential location, physical activity and some health-related factors such as self-rated health, some surgery, certain medical conditions and certain medications. The available evidence for most other factors is either conflicting or insufficient. Therefore, further research is necessary to determine if each factor is truly associated with constipation and whether it can be regarded as a potential risk factor. It is recommended that studies investigating a broad range of factors are conducted in populations in community settings. Multivariate analyses should be performed to account for all possible confounding factors. In this way, valuable evidence can be accumulated for a better understanding of potential risk factors for constipation in the community.

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Do bad habits bring a double constipation risk?

Abstract: Compared with dietary habits, behavioral aspects surrounding defecation are more related to chronic constipation. Our results indicate that the modification of these bad habits may be the first step in chronic constipation treatment.

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Physical activity and prevalence of constipation in Japanese young people

Physical activity and prevalence of constipation in Japanese young people

A clinical pathway for integrative medicine in the treatment of functional constipation in Hong Kong, China

Potential risk factors for constipation in the community

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