Fig. 1From: Global prevalence and burden of meal-related abdominal painFlowchart of the subjects participating and reporting meal-related abdominal pain. We included subjects who completed the internet-based survey of the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study. The analysis focused on individuals who report abdominal pain that is related to meal intake. If subjects reported meal-related abdominal pain, they were categorized into three subgroups: subjects reporting no (0% of the abdominal pain episodes were meal-related), occasional (10–40% of the abdominal pain episodes were meal-related), and frequent (≥ 50% of the abdominal pain episodes were meal-related) meal-related pain.Back to article page