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Anxiety Linked to Gut Disease Trajectories

Longitudinal electronic health record data are used to examine temporal relationships between psychiatric and gastrointestinal diagnoses.

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  • Kathryn Wighton

  • February 11, 2026

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    Anxiety and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are each linked to over a twofold increase in the likelihood of subsequent diagnosis of the other condition.

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    The study utilized the TriNetX Global Collaborative Network, analyzing de-identified health records from over 100 U.S. healthcare organizations.

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    After matching, 1.1% of patients with anxiety developed IBS, compared to 0.4% of matched controls during a follow-up of up to 5 years.

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    Anxiety was found to precede inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) more often than in matched controls, though the absolute incidence was low.

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    The study acknowledged limitations, including potential misclassification of diagnoses and residual confounding from unmeasured factors.

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Anxiety Linked to Gut Disease Trajectories

  • by Kathryn Wighton

  • February 11, 2026

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