Bowel movement frequency and risks of major vascular and non-vascular diseases: a population-based cohort study among Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The application of bowel movement frequency (BMF) in primary care is limited by the lack of solid evidence about the associations of BMF with health outcomes apart from Parkinson's disease and colorectal cancer. We examined the prospective associations of BMF with major vascular and non-vascular diseases outside the digestive system.

Design

Population-based prospective cohort study.

Setting

The China Kadoorie Biobank in which participants from 10 geographically diverse areas across China were enrolled between 2004 and 2008.

Participants

487 198 participants aged 30 to 79 years without cancer, heart disease or stroke at baseline were included and followed up for a median of 10 years. The usual BMF was self-reported once at baseline.

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SUBMITTER: Yang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955483 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature