Global Epidemiology and Burden of Elderly-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Decade in Review.

ABSTRACT: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), once thought to impact younger individuals, now manifests in approximately 10% of patients over 65, characterized by a heightened vulnerability to complications and greater diagnostic intricacies than conventional cases. However, comprehensive global epidemiological data regarding elderly-onset IBD are currently insufficient. Our study addresses this critical gap by analyzing trends in elderly-onset IBD over a decade, encompassing the estimation of annual frequencies and age-standardized rates of elderly-onset IBD burden for both genders, stratifying the data by geographical and sociodemographic factors. Our research highlights a notable increase in the proportion of elderly-onset IBD, constituting around 13% of all IBD cases. We observed a rising incidenc

SUBMITTER: Danpanichkul P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10420121 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature