Body Mass Index Is Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior work suggested that patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have lower body mass index (BMI) than controls and patients with lower BMI have more serious complications.

Goal

The study was aimed to find relationship between BMI in patients with and without IBD, investigate effects of medicine therapy and disease stages on patients' BMI.

Methods

Potentially eligible studies were identified through searching PubMed, Cochrane and Embase databases. Outcome measurements of mean BMI and the number of patients from each study were pooled by a random-effect model. Publication bias test, sensitivity analysis and subgroup analysis were conducted.

Results

A total of 24 studies containing 1442 patients and 2059 controls were included. Main results we

SUBMITTER: Dong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684381 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature