NIDDK Central Repository - Inflammatory bowel disease characteristics among African Americans, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic Whites: characterization of a large North American cohort.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00504.x

PubMed ID

16696785

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2006

Affiliation

Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Authors

Bitton A, Brant SR, Bromfield G, Cho JH, Dassopoulos T, Duerr RH, Gregory FJ, Griffiths AM, Hanauer SB, Hanson J, Harris ML, Kane SV, Lahaie R, Nguyen GC, Oliva-Hemker M, Orkwis HK, Pare P, Regueiro M, Rioux JD, Schumm P, Silverberg MS, Steinhart AH, Stempak J, Torres EA, Wild GE, Yang H

Studies

IBD

Citation

Nguyen GC, Torres EA, Regueiro M, Bromfield G, Bitton A, Stempak J, Dassopoulos T, Schumm P, Gregory FJ, Griffiths AM, Hanauer SB, Hanson J, Harris ML, Kane SV, Orkwis HK, Lahaie R, Oliva-Hemker M, Pare P, Wild GE, Rioux JD, Yang H, Duerr RH, Cho JH, Steinhart AH, Brant SR, Silverberg MS. Inflammatory bowel disease characteristics among African Americans, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic Whites: characterization of a large North American cohort. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 May;101(5):1012-23.

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprising primarily of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is increasingly prevalent in racial and ethnic minorities. This study was undertaken to characterize racial differences in disease phenotype in a predominantly adult population.