High prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults with Crohn's disease: associations with disease and lifestyle factors.

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Nic Suibhne, Treasa
Raftery, Tara C
McMahon, Orla
Walsh, Cathal
O'Morain, Colm
O'Sullivan, Maria
Affiliation
Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Issue Date
2013-08
Keywords
OBESITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
Local subject classification
CHRON'S DISEASE
MeSH
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Body Mass Index
Case-Control Studies
Chi-Square Distribution
Crohn Disease
Female
Humans
Ireland
Linear Models

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High prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults with Crohn's disease: associations with disease and lifestyle factors. 2013, 7 (7):e241-8 J Crohns Colitis
Journal
Journal of Crohn's & colitis
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/305329
DOI
10.1016/j.crohns.2012.09.009
PubMed ID
23040290
Abstract
Obesity and overweight are major public health issues. Although traditionally associated with weight loss, there is now evidence that increasing Body Mass Index (BMI) and overweight are emerging features of Crohn's disease (CD) and may be associated with more severe disease course. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in patients with CD compared with matched healthy controls and to identify disease-specific and generic factors associated with current BMI in this group.
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Article
Language
en
ISSN
1876-4479
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