A Study on Dietary Intake Behavior of BehÃ§et's Disease Patients

Lee, Eun So; Cho, Young Ho; Lee, Seung Hun; Bang, Dongsik; Lee, Sungnack; Moon, Soo Jae; Jeon, Hyeong Ju

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The etiology of BehÃ§et's disease(BD) is not yet certain, and various hypotheses are suggested. In order to determine the role of dietary intake behavior in the pathogenesis of BD, we analyzed BD patients by questionnaire regarding their personal, social, and economic characteristics, and dietary intake behavior.
METHODS
A series. of 79 patients who were registered at the BehÃ§et's Disease Specialty Clinic at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea were studied. The patients were classified and the data from the patients were analyzed according to the revised Japanese criteria.
RESULTS
All patients except for suspected type patients took an average amount of nutrition close to the Korean Recommended Dietary Allowance(RDA). However, on the whole, the amount of consumption of Vitamin B2 and C was low and in the case of females, the consumption of Ca and Fe was makedly insufficient in accordance with the Korean RDA. In case of the level of dietary and serum zinc, there was no significant difference in patients or among groups.
CONCLUSION
Since the consumption of some vitamins and minerals of patients were low, the behavior of dietary intake of BD patients which is considered to have a possible role in development of disease should be studied further.