Inflammatory bowel diseases in the elderly population: epidemiology, long-term disease course, surgery rates, and biological use-data from the Veszprem county cohort between 1977 and 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Limited data are available on long-term disease outcomes in elderly-onset (EO) inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) from well-defined population-based cohorts. Our aim was to analyze incidence, disease course, surgery rates, and therapeutic strategies of EO IBD in a prospective population-based cohort.

Methods

Elderly-onset inflammatory bowel diseases were defined if diagnosis was established at ≥60 years of age. Patient inclusion lasted between 1977 and 2018. Study endpoints were compared between elderly- and adult-onset (AO) patients and different therapeutic eras. Data from medical records were prospectively collected and regularly reviewed, as part of the well-established Veszprem IBD cohort.

Results

Data from 946 Crohn's disease (CD) and 1370 ulc

SUBMITTER: Angyal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11772860 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature