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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]

Epidemiology and Demographics

Prevalence

• The prevalence in adult population is around ten-thirty percent in the US.
• Lifetime prevalence in US adult population is estimated to be 65-80 percent.