Water Load Test in Childhood Functional Abdominal Pain: No Relation to Food Intake and Nutritional Status

• Published in: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 330 - 333
• Main Authors: Ozaki, Roberto Koity Fujihara, Soares, Ana Cristina Fontenele, da Graça Leite Speridião, Patricia, Batista de Morais, Mauro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States by European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Abdominal Pain - physiopathology; Body Mass Index; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drinking - physiology; Drinking Water - administration & dosage; Dyspepsia - physiopathology; Eating - physiology; Female; Gastrointestinal Diseases - physiopathology; Humans; Irritable Bowel Syndrome - physiopathology; Male; Nutritional Status - physiology; Satiation - physiology
• ISSN: 0277-2116; 1536-4801
• DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000805

ABSTRACTThis cross-sectional study evaluates the relations between the water load test in childhood functional gastrointestinal disorders with food intake and nutritional status. Patients with functional dyspepsia required a lower maximum water intake to produce fullness (n = 11, median = 380 mL) than patients with irritable bowel syndrome (n = 10, median = 695 mL) or functional abdominal pain (n = 10, median = 670 mL) (P < 0.05). Among patients who ingested ≤560 mL (n = 17) or >560 mL (n = 14) in the water load test, there was no relation between the maximum drinking capacity and food intake, body mass index, or height.