Functional gastrointestinal disorders in eating disorder patients: Altered distribution and predictors using ROME III compared to ROME II criteria

Table 2 Prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders categories for ROME III (with and without 6-mo requirement) and ROME II (with 3-mo requirement)

	ROME III cohort (n = 100)		ROME II cohort (n = 160)
	With 6-mo requirement	With 3-mo requirement	Present 3 mo or more
Region
A: Functional Esophageal Disorders	34%	55%	40%
B: Functional Gastroduodenal Disorders	62%	79%	16%
Without cyclic vomiting	45%	60%
C: Functional Bowel Disorders	77%	98%	88%
Without unspecified bowel disease	53%	80%
D: Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome	3%	6%	4%
E: Functional Gallbladder and Sphincter of Oddi Disorders	0%		2%
F: Functional Anorectal Disorders1	16%	20%	35%
Total
At least one FGID	83%		94%
At least 3 FGIDs	34%		36%

¹Two ROME III functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) within the functional anorectal disorder category are for 3 mo only (and F1. Functional Fecal Incontinence not included).