Mortality Risk in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Results From a Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mortality concern is a frequent driver of care seeking in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Data on mortality in IBS are scarce, and population-based studies have been limited in size. We examined mortality in IBS.

Methods

A nationwide, matched, population-based cohort study was conducted in Sweden. We identified 45,524 patients undergoing a colorectal biopsy at any of Sweden's 28 pathology departments and with a diagnosis of IBS from 2002 to 2016 according to the National Patient Register, a nationwide registry of inpatient and outpatient specialty care. We compared the mortality risk between these individuals with IBS and age- and sex-matched reference individuals (n = 217,316) from the general population and siblings (n = 53,228). In separate anal

SUBMITTER: Staller K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7196022 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature