Symptoms and diagnostic criteria of acquired Megacolon - a systematic literature review

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Age and Sex Distribution of Patients Studied with AMC

Authors	Pub. date	No. pts	Age mean	Age range	Female	Male
Kantor [7]	1924	62			24	38
Kobak et al. [30]	1962	3	61	48–68	0	3
Lane and Todd [19]	1977	42			21	21
Preston et al. [9]	1985	20			9	11
Koch et al. [35]	1993	6	55	31–76	4	2
Koch et al. [34]	1996	10	64	31–98	4	6
Gattuso et al. [22]	1997	48		12–69	22	26
Gattuso et al. [32]	1997	6		34–66	3	3
Gattuso et al. [27]	1998	1	37	37	0	1
Chen et al. [33]	2002	5		24–41	1	4
Lee et al. [23]	2005	9	30	10–66	2	7
Meier-Ruge et al. [37]	2006	63		15–75	54	9
Wedel et al. [38]	2006	8		2–58
Iantorno et al. [24]	2007	9		39–68	3	6
Yoshino et al. [28]	2007	4	57	29–74	1	3
Ohkubo et al. [39]	2014	31	52	19–83	22	9
Total		327	52	2–98	170	149

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