Environmental factors in a population-based inception cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients in Europe — An ECCO-EpiCom study

2013102 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Johan Burisch · Herlev Hospital

N Pedersen · Herlev Hospital

S. Čuković-Čavka · University Hospital Centre Zagreb

Nikša Turk · University of Zagreb

Ioannis Kaimakliotis

Dana Ďuricová · Charles University

Martin Bortlík · Charles University

Abstract

In this European population-based inception cohort of unselected IBD patients, Eastern and Western European patients differed in environmental factors prior to diagnosis. Eastern European patients exhibited higher occurrences of suspected risk factors for IBD included in the Western lifestyle.

Topics & Keywords

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Microscopic Colitis Eosinophilic Esophagitis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Crohn s and Colitis

Volume 8, Issue 7, pp. 607-616

DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.11.021

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