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

Table 4 Prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders categories for ROME III (with 6-mo requirement) by eating disorder sub-types

	ROME III cohort
	AN-R (n = 27)	AN-P (n = 20)	BN (n = 9)	EDNOS-R (n = 14)	EDNOS-P (n = 30)
A: Functional Esophageal Disorders	14.8%	35.0%	33.3%	42.9%	46.7%
B: Functional Gastroduodenal Disorders	44.4%	75.0%	88.9%	42.9%	70.0%
Without cyclic vomiting	44.4%	60.0%	44.4%	35.7%	40.0%
C: Functional Bowel Disorders	63.0%	85.0%	77.8%	85.7%	80.0%
Without unspecified bowel disease	40.7%	65.0%	55.6%	50.0%	56.7%
D: Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome	7.4%	5.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
E: Functional Anorectal Disorders1	7.4%	10.0%	11.1%	35.7%	20.0%
Total
At least one FGID	70.4%	95.0%	88.9%	85.7%	83.3%
At least 3 FGIDs	18.5%	40.0%	33.3%	35.7%	43.3%

¹Functional fecal incontinence not included. AN-R: Anorexia nervosa-restricting; AN-P: Anorexia nervosa-purging; BN: Bulimia nervosa; EDNOS-R: Eating disorder not otherwise specified-restricting; EDNOS-P: Eating disorder not otherwise specified-purging; NB: Functional gallbladder and sphincter of oddi disorders were absent for the entire sample; FGID: Functional gastrointestinal disorders.