Global smoking trends in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review of inception cohorts.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The effect of smoking on the risk of developing inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) may be heterogeneous across ethnicity and geography. Although trends in smoking for the general population are well described, it is unknown whether these can be extrapolated to the IBD cohort. Smoking prevalence trends specific to the global IBD cohort over time have not been previously reported. This is a systematic review of smoking prevalence specific to the IBD cohort across geography. METHODS:A systematic literature search was conducted on Medline and Embase from January 1st 1946 to April 5th 2018 to identify population-based studies assessing the prevalence of smoking at diagnosis in inception cohorts of Crohn's disease(CD) or ulcerative colitis(UC). Studies that did not report smok

SUBMITTER: Thomas T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756556 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature