Prevalence of gastrointestinal diseases in two British national birth cohorts.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated the prevalence of multiple gastrointestinal diseases in the general British population. AIM:To examine the prevalence of Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gall stones (GS), and peptic ulcer disease (PUD). SUBJECTS:The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) and the National Child Development Study (NCDS) are two one week national birth cohorts born in 1970 and 1958, respectively. All cohort members living in Great Britain were interviewed in 1999/2000. METHODS:The prevalence rates of the five diseases were calculated, and associations with sex and childhood social class were investigated using logistic regression. RESULTS:At age 30 years, the prevalence rates per 10,000 (95% confidence interval (CI)) in the 197

SUBMITTER: Ehlin AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1773740 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature