Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Adults With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Goal: To investigate the prevalence of eating disorder (ED) symptoms among Mexican adults with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Background: The relationship between IBS and EDs is complex, yet understudied, particularly in Latin America.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 369 Mexican adults (18 to 69  y), comprising 133 IBS patients and 236 healthy controls (HCs), were evaluated using the Rome IV criteria, The Spanish version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (S-EDE-Q), the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptom Severity Scale (IBS-SSS) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).