Clinical presentation and disease course of inflammatory bowel disease differs by race in a large tertiary care hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among African-Americans (AAs) is increasing, there is limited understanding of phenotypic differences and outcomes by race.

Aim

To describe disease characteristics of AA patients compared to Caucasian (Ca) patients in a tertiary care population.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional review of the IBD registry at the University of Chicago from January 2008 to January 2013. Data regarding race, phenotype, disease onset, disease duration, medical therapy, and surgical treatment were abstracted from the database, then compared via Pearson's chi-square analysis, Kruskal-Wallis analysis, and logistic regression with a significance level of p < 0.05.

Results

A total of 1,235 patients with Crohn's dise

SUBMITTER: Sofia MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4180597 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature