Concurrent conditions in patients with chronic constipation: a population-based study.

BACKGROUND: Chronic constipation (CC) is a common condition but its concurrent conditions are not well characterized. We measured the prevalence and risk of developing 15 pre-specified concurrent conditions in patients with CC. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study using the Medicaid database of Calif...

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Main Authors: Gaurav Arora, Ajitha Mannalithara, Alka Mithal, George Triadafilopoulos, Gurkirpal Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3470567?pdf=render