[Articles] Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies

At the turn of the 21st century, inflammatory bowel disease has become a global disease with accelerating incidence in newly industrialised countries whose societies have become more westernised. Although incidence is stabilising in western countries, burden remains high as prevalence surpasses 0 ·3%. These data highlight the need for research into prevention of inflammatory bowel disease and innovations in health-care systems to manage this complex and costly disease.

Source: LANCET - October 16, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Siew C Ng, Hai Yun Shi, Nima Hamidi, Fox E Underwood, Whitney Tang, Eric I Benchimol, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Justin C Y Wu, Francis K L Chan, Joseph J Y Sung, Gilaad G Kaplan Tags: Articles Source Type: research