2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.12.005
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Prediabetes and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms; a cross-sectional study

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“…However, anti-diabetic drugs are known to have GI tolerability issues (28), which may be a confounding factor in our analyses. Although this is an important limitation, a similar study in pre-diabetic patients also reported an increase in GI symptoms (24), suggesting that DM causes GI symptoms even without drug use and before the definite development of the disease.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
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“…However, anti-diabetic drugs are known to have GI tolerability issues (28), which may be a confounding factor in our analyses. Although this is an important limitation, a similar study in pre-diabetic patients also reported an increase in GI symptoms (24), suggesting that DM causes GI symptoms even without drug use and before the definite development of the disease.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…These limitations may be circumvented with specific study designs and conduct of studies involving strict limitations in patient inclusion. For instance, in a study by Ghadiri-Anari and colleagues (24), in which pre-diabetic patients were compared with healthy controls, the frequency of heartburn, nausea, bloating, early satiety, gas passage, and constipation were found to be significantly higher among pre-diabetics. This study design completely eliminates the possible effects of medications such as metformin on the frequency of GI symptoms; therefore enabling a much better comparison.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“… 22 If constipation is not diagnosed and treated effectively and on time, it would seriously affect the quality of life of patients with diabetes, aggravate their bad mood, increase insulin resistance, affect the stability of blood sugar of patients with diabetes, and also result in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents, intestinal rupture and perforation, sudden death, and other serious complications. 23 Therefore, an urgent problem to be solved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with diabetes is to keep the defecation unobstructed.…”
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confidence: 99%