PP-1 BOWEL HABITS IN SRI LANKAN INFANTS AND TODDLERS, A POPULATION BASED STUDY

Autor: Marc A. Benninga, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana, Shaman Rajindrajit, Hannah A.W. Walter, Anne Hovenkamp
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 61:520
ISSN: 0277-2116
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000472229.24540.62
Popis: To obtain knowledge about bowel habits in healthy population of infants and toddlers in Sri Lanka.We selected healthy children between 7 months and 5 years of age who visited vaccination and weighing clinics. To achieve data we used a self-administered questionnaire about the child's bowel habits during the previous two months. All subjects were selected in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. Only those without defecation disorders were used for analysis.A total of 879 toddlers were eligible for analysis, (female n = 442 [50,3%], mean age 21,7 months, standard deviation [SD] 12,5 months). Of them, 595 (69,6%) defecated once a day, 20 (2,3%) had defecation >3/week and 6 (0,7%)
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