Environmental risk factors in inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based case-control study in Asia-Pacific

Conclusions This first population-based study of IBD risk factors in Asia-Pacific supports the importance of childhood immunological, hygiene and dietary factors in the development of IBD, suggesting that markers of altered intestinal microbiota may modulate risk of IBD later in life.

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Source: Gut - June 9, 2015 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ng, S. C., Tang, W., Leong, R. W., Chen, M., Ko, Y., Studd, C., Niewiadomski, O., Bell, S., Kamm, M. A., de Silva, H. J., Kasturiratne, A., Senanayake, Y. U., Ooi, C. J., Ling, K.-L., Ong, D., Goh, K. L., Hilmi, I., Ouyang, Q., Wang, Y.-F., Hu, P., Zhu, Z Tags: Crohn's disease, Editor's choice Inflammatory bowel disease Source Type: research