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Smita Halder
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 32
Citations - 1439
Smita Halder is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Inflammatory bowel disease. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 31 publications receiving 1283 citations. Previous affiliations of Smita Halder include Mayo Clinic & University of Alberta.
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Natural History of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A 12-year Longitudinal Population-Based Study
Smita Halder,G. Richard Locke,Cathy D. Schleck,Alan R. Zinsmeister,L. Joseph Melton,Nicholas J. Talley +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the natural history of functional gastrointestinal disorders in a US population, using data from multiple validated surveys of random samples of Olmsted County, MN, residents over a mean of a 12-year period between 1988 and 2003 (n = 1365).
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Impact of functional gastrointestinal disorders on health‐related quality of life: a population‐based case–control study
Smita Halder,Giles R. Locke,Nicholas J. Talley,Sara L. Fett,Alan R. Zinsmeister,Lee J. Melton +5 more
TL;DR: The health‐related quality of life is impaired in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders seen in referral centres and these patients are more likely to suffer from depression and/or anxiety.
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Psychosocial risk markers for new onset irritable bowel syndrome - Results of a large prospective population-based study
Barbara I. Nicholl,Smita Halder,Smita Halder,Gary J. Macfarlane,David G. Thompson,Sarah J. O'Brien,M. Musleh,John McBeth +7 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that psychosocial factors indicative of the process of somatisation are independent risk markers for the development of IBS in a group of subjects previously free of Ibs, further supporting the hypothesis that they have similar aetiologies.
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Impact of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders on Survival in the Community
Joseph Y. Chang,G. Richard Locke,Meredythe A. McNally,Smita Halder,Cathy D. Schleck,Alan R. Zinsmeister,Nicholas J. Talley +6 more
TL;DR: In this large population-based cohort study with over 30,000 person-years of follow-up, no significant association was observed between survival and IBS, chronic diarrhea, dyspepsia, or abdominal pain.
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Overlap of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and irritable bowel syndrome: prevalence and risk factors in the general population.
Hye Kyung Jung,Hye Kyung Jung,Smita Halder,Meredythe A. McNally,Giles R. Locke,Cathy D. Schleck,Alan R. Zinsmeister,Nicholas J. Talley +7 more
TL;DR: This work has shown clear trends in prognosis for GERD and irritable bowel syndrome, which are known to occur more often than expected by chance and risk factors are unknown.