Epidemiology, Disease Course, and Clinical Outcomes of Perianal Fistulas and Fissures Crohn's Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population-based data on the course of perianal disease in East Asian populations with Crohn's disease (CD) are limited. This study examined the prevalence, clinical course, and compared the outcomes of CD patients with perianal CD (pCD) versus without pCD in Taiwan.

Methods

A nationwide population-based study was implemented from 2000 to 2017 by using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.

Results

Of 2424 patients with CD, 358 (14.8%) patients with pCD were identified. Most patients with CD and pCD were men (79.3%). The mean age at CD diagnosis was lower in patients with pCD (33.7 years) than in those without pCD (44.9 years). Approximately half the patients with pCD received the pCD diagnosis at least 6 months before receiving a CD diagno

SUBMITTER: Weng MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10368329 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature