Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in racial and ethnic migrant groups.

CONCLUSION: This review suggests that migration and race influence the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease. This may be due to different inherent responses upon exposure to an environmental trigger in the adopted country. Further prospective studies on homogenous migrant populations are needed to validate these observations, with a parallel arm for in-depth investigation of putative drivers. PMID: 29391765 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29391765?dopt=Abstract

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - January 21, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Misra R, Faiz O, Munkholm P, Burisch J, Arebi N Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research