Passive Smoking Is Associated with the Risk of Functional Bowel Disorders Among College Freshmen
Jinlu Guo, Fan Du, Chaofan Duan, Can Chen, Jingze Yang, Xin Yang, Shi Liu, Tao Bai, Xiaohua Hou · 2024
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Jinlu Guo and co-authors study bowel disorders among Chinese college freshmen, in this 2024 paper. These functional gut problems, diagnosed by symptom patterns rather than tests, can shadow young adults' lives. Risk factors in this age group were not fully mapped.
More than three thousand freshmen at one university filled out validated surveys in 2019. About two hundred thirty-six met the criteria for a bowel disorder. Secondhand smoke stood out: exposed students faced roughly double the risk in raw terms. Careful models that account for sleep, exercise, and stress tested whether the link holds. The paper adds smoke exposure to the watch list for student gut health.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jinlu Guo, Fan Du, Chaofan Duan, Can Chen, Jingze Yang, Xin Yang, Shi Liu, Tao Bai, Xiaohua Hou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |