Altered body composition profiles in young adults with childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease.

Conclusion: Young adults with childhood-onset IBD have a high risk for having altered body composition traits.SummaryYoung adults with childhood-onset IBD carry a high risk for altered body composition traits. The myopenic and myopenic-obese body composition profiles were more frequently observed in patients with IBD than controls, and these profiles were strongly associated with low BMD. PMID: 32008409 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - February 6, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research