Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Functional Constipation in Pregnant Women.

To understand the prevalence of functional constipation in pregnant women and to analyze the impact of its risk factors.We searched hospital databases for women who were 37-41 weeks pregnant (1698 cases) from July 2012 to January 2014 in four hospitals in Shanghai. We reviewed factors including gene...

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Main Authors: Wenjun Shi, Xiaohang Xu, Yi Zhang, Sa Guo, Jing Wang, Jianjun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4514689?pdf=render