Earnings during adulthood in patients with childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

IBD with onset during childhood seems to represent a severe disease phenotype with increased morbidity. We have previously demonstrated that children with IBD have significantly lower final grades in compulsory school compared to healthy peers.

Aim

To evaluate the association of childhood-onset IBD with a later professional career and subsequent earnings METHODS: We identified 5404 individuals diagnosed with childhood-onset (<18 years) IBD between 1990 and 2014 (2818 with ulcerative colitis and 2328 with Crohn's disease) in the Swedish National Patient Register. Patients were matched with 10 general population reference individuals by sex, birth year, and place of residence (n = 51,295). Data on earnings during 1992-2017 were obtained through the longitudinal inte

SUBMITTER: Malmborg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544615 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature