Tag: Ulcerative Colitis

Findings seen in patients with chronic pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis

Guideline suggests use of biomarker- and symptom-based monitoring strategy over symptom-based strategy for patients in symptomatic remission

Model can also predict flare-ups, clinical outcomes

For those with high genetic risk, hazard ratios were reduced nearly by half for favorable lifestyle versus unfavorable lifestyle

A considerable proportion of ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease cases could be prevented by adherence to low modifiable risk score, healthy lifestyle

Obesity, as measured by BMI, linked to increased risk for CD, but no association seen for ulcerative colitis

CRP cutoff of ≥12 mg/L equivalent to ESR >30 mm/h as one of the criteria used to define the severity of an acute attack of ulcerative colitis

Cancer risks perceived to be lower by clinicians with nonacademic hospital affiliation

Carnivorous pattern linked to increased risk for ulcerative colitis; Western dietary pattern linked to increased risk for Crohn disease

Inflammatory proteins predicted ulcerative colitis; four of these proteins significantly up-regulated in healthy twin siblings