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There has been a long-standing debate about whether gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are more frequent in people with diabetes than in the nondiabetic population.¹ However, most studies that have addressed this question have been limited by the use of highly selected populations of people with diabetes and by the absence or inadequacy of control groups. In the September 10, 2001, issue of the ARCHIVES, Bytzer and colleagues² reported results from a population-based study in Australia. They found 16 GI symptoms and 5 symptom complexes to have been significantly more frequent in the past 3 months in people with diabetes compared with nondiabetic controls, an association that was independent of age and sex. Among the people with diabetes there was no difference in the frequency of GI symptoms between those with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, with the exception of one symptom complex (any bowel movement). There was no association between . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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