In order to systematically evaluate the risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome, We searched CNKI, Wanfang, Weipu and PubMed databases for risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome in China, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) used the most comprehensive data collection based on relevant case-control trials, combined with inclusion and exclusion criteria to evaluate the quality of the extracted literature, included the literature with a score of ≥7, and finally meta-analyzed using RevMan 5.4. In the end, 15 articles met the inclusion criteria, with a cumulative number of 5171 cases and 3088 controls, respectively. It was concluded that history of alcoholism, spicy food, seafood, irregular diet, gastrointestinal infection, drug history, anxiety (long-term tension), sleep disorder (insomnia), personality sensitivity (introversion), family history of IBS, smoking, psychiatric (psycho-depressive factors), and family and marital events were independent risk factors for IBS, and controlling the above factors could effectively reduce the risk of IBS patients.

Qian Tang, Haonan Zhao, Hui Ding. A Meta-analysis of Risk Factors for Irritable Bowel Syndrome in China. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 2: 68-76. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2024.060212.

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