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Prospective survey of childhood inflammatory bowel disease in the British Isles
Published in:
Lancet, Vol: 357, Page: 1093-4
Publication Date:
April 2001
Aims & Objectives:
The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of childhood inflammatory bowel disease in the British Isles
Abstract:
The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in children in western countries may be rising. Since there is no prospective national data on the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in the UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI), we undertook a prospective survey to determine this incidence. The incidence during 1998 and 1999 was 5.2/100,000 per year in children aged younger than 16 years. Those from an Asian background were over-represented and more likely to have ulcerative colitis.
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Study Type:
Study Papers » Epidemiology - descriptive, incidence, prevalence and/or trends » Descriptive Studies - With a comparative dimension: time, geography, treatment, procedures
Categories:
inflammatory bowel disease
International Classification:
Other - Inflammatory bowel disease - non specific
Keywords:
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Colitis, Ulcerative/epidemiology
- Colitis/epidemiology
- Crohn Disease/epidemiology
- Female
- Great Britain/epidemiology
- Health Surveys
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/ epidemiology/ethnology
- Ireland/epidemiology
- Male
- Prospective Studies
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK & Ireland)