Environmental risk factors in inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based case-control study in Asia-Pacific

Ng SC 1 , Tang W 1 , Leong RW 2 , Chen M 3 , Ko Y 2 , Studd C 4 Show all authors , Niewiadomski O 4 , Bell S 4 , Kamm MA 5 , de Silva HJ 6 , Kasturiratne A 6 , Senanayake YU 6 , Ooi CJ 7 , Ling KL 7 , Ong D 8 , Goh KL 9 , Hilmi I 9 , Ouyang Q 10 , Wang YF 10 , Hu P 3 , Zhu Z 3 , Zeng Z 3 , Wu K 11 , Wang X 11 , Xia B 12 , Li J 12 , Pisespongsa P 13 , Manatsathit S 14 , Aniwan S 15 , Simadibrata M 16 , Abdullah M 16 , Tsang SW 17 , Wong TC 18 , Hui AJ 19 , Chow CM 20 , Yu HH 21 , Li MF 21 , Ng KK 22 , Ching J 1 , Wu JC 1 , Chan FK 1 , Sung JJ 1 , Asia-Pacific Crohn's and Colitis Epidemiology Study ACCESS Group

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Institute of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, Hong Kong, China
  • 2 Bankstown and Concord Hospitals, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 3 The First Affiliated Hospital of San Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • 4 St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 5 St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Imperial College London, London, UK
  • 6 Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
  • 7 Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
  • 8 National University Hospital of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • 9 University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 10 West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
  • 11 Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, China
  • 12 Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
  • 13 Maharaj Nakorn Chiangmai Hospital, Chiangmai, Thailand
  • 14 Siriraj Hosptial, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 15 King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 16 University of Indonesia, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • 17 Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 18 North District Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 19 Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 20 Department of Pediatrics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 21 Kiangwu Hospital, Macao, China
  • 22 Hospital Conde S Januario, Macau, China
Gut, 2015 Jul;64(7):1063-71.
PMID: 25217388 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-307410

Abstract

The rising incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia supports the importance of environmental risk factors in disease aetiology. This prospective population-based case-control study in Asia-Pacific examined risk factors prior to patients developing IBD.

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