Changing epidemiology of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in immigrants: A systematic review of population-based studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are systemic diseases of multifactorial etiology that share aberrant immune responses as the common final pathway. With rising globalization, their incidence is increasing in developing countries and among immigrants. Our primary objective was to systematically review the epidemiology of IMIDs in immigrants and conduct a meta-analysis to estimate the risk of IMIDs in immigrant populations according to their origin and destination countries.

Methods

We systematically searched five biomedical databases and reviewed population-based studies, from inception through August 2018, that reported incidence or prevalence data of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), multiple sclerosis (MS), type 1 diabetes (T1D), systemic lupus eryt

SUBMITTER: Agrawal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382899 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature