Bidirectional Association between Asthma and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Two Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Studies

• Te-Chun Shen,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9427-1068

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• Cheng-Li Lin,

  Affiliation Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chang-Ching Wei,

  Affiliation Children’s Hospital, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chia-Hung Chen,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chih-Yen Tu,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Te-Chun Hsia,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chuen-Ming Shih,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wu-Huei Hsu,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Fung-Chang Sung ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fung-Chang Sung, Chia-Hung Kao

  * E-mail: d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CHK); fcsung.tw@gmail.com (FCS)

  Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Chia-Hung Kao

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fung-Chang Sung, Chia-Hung Kao

  * E-mail: d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CHK); fcsung.tw@gmail.com (FCS)

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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