Ulcerative colitis in the county of Uppsala 1945–2007

Rönnblom, Anders; Samuelsson, Sven Mårten; Ekbom, Anders

doi:10.1016/j.crohns.2010.03.003

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“…The authors reported the highest incidence so far for ulcerative colitis 21.5/100,000 and just under 6/ 100,000 for Crohn's disease. These high figures have later been confirmed in other populations in Scandinavia [9,18].…”

Section: Inflammatory Bowel Diseasesupporting

confidence: 56%

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Scandinavian epidemiological research in gastroenterology and hepatology

Bjõrnsson

Ekbom

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

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In the last decades, a large number of epidemiological studies in gastroenterology and hepatology have originated from the Scandinavian countries. With the help of large health databases, with good validity and other registries related to patient outcomes, researchers from the Scandinavian countries have been able to make some very important contributions to the field. These countries, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland, have all universal access to health care and have shown to be ideal for epidemiological research. Population-based studies have been frequent and follow-up studies have been able to describe the temporal trends and changes in phenotypes. Our ability in Scandinavia to follow up defined groups of patients over time has been crucial to learn the natural history of many gastrointestinal and liver diseases and often in a population-based setting. Patient-related outcomes measures will probably gain increasing importance in the future, but Scandinavian gastroenterologists and surgeons are likely to have a better infrastructure for such endeavors compared to most other populations. Thus, there is a bright future for international competitive research within the field of gastrointestinal and liver diseases in Scandinavia.

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Section: Inflammatory Bowel Diseasesupporting

confidence: 56%

“…In the case of ulcerative colitis in Sweden data was scarcer, although the thesis by Samuelsson provided excellent data from 1945 and onward for Uppsala County [8], finally presented in a peer reviewed journal in 2010 [9]. He could demonstrate an increasing trend in incidence from 1945 to 1965.…”

Section: Inflammatory Bowel Diseasementioning

confidence: 98%

Scandinavian epidemiological research in gastroenterology and hepatology

Bjõrnsson

Ekbom

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

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“…Half of our cases had moderate-to-severe symptoms at diagnosis (S2 ¼ 40% and S3 ¼ 8.4%), a figure that has been stable in our region over the decades. [20] During the observation period, 74% of our patients experienced at least one relapse of the disease. This is almost identical to the relapse frequency in the Norwegian IBSEN cohort (78%), which also in other respects (i.e., distribution of the E-variable at diagnosis) is very similar to our cohort.…”

Section: Scandinavian Journal Of Gastroenterologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Low colectomy rate five years after diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. Results from a prospective population-based cohort in Sweden (ICURE) diagnosed during 2005–2009*

Rönnblom

Holmström²,

Tanghöj

et al. 2016

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

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“…As both IBD and celiac disease are considered to be partly respectively entirely driven by autoimmune mechanisms, and as they have been reported to increase in corresponding geographical areas [3][4][5][6], it would be of interest to study their possible concomitant prevalence in the same individual. Furthermore, as their symptoms overlap to a considerable degree, it could be of great clinical value to look for any particular clinical characteristic in those affected by both diseases.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%