Effect of Obesity on Risk of Hospitalization, Surgery, and Serious Infection in Biologic-Treated Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A CA-IBD Cohort Study
Gu P, Luo J, Kim J, Paul P, Limketkai B, Sauk J, Park S, Parekh N, Zheng K, Rudrapatna V, Syal G, Ha C, McGovern D, Melmed G, Fleshner P, Eisenstein S, Ramamoorthy S, Dulai P, Boland B, Grunvald E, Mahadevan U, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn W, Singh S. Effect of Obesity on Risk of Hospitalization, Surgery, and Serious Infection in Biologic-Treated Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A CA-IBD Cohort Study. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2022, 117: 1639-1647. PMID: 35973139, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseBiologic-treated patientsRisk of hospitalizationBody mass indexNormal body mass indexSerious infectionsBiologic agentsBowel diseaseCox proportional hazards analysisWorld Health Organization classificationEffect of obesityProportional hazards analysisElectronic health recordsCause hospitalizationVisceral obesityAdult patientsBaseline demographicsBiologic initiationBiologic therapyCohort studyEndoscopic outcomesMass indexOrganization classificationTreatment characteristicsStratified analysisEffectiveness and Safety of Biologic Therapy in Hispanic Vs Non-Hispanic Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A CA-IBD Cohort Study
Nguyen N, Luo J, Paul P, Kim J, Syal G, Ha C, Rudrapatna V, Park S, Parekh N, Zheng K, Sauk J, Limketkai B, Fleshner P, Eisenstein S, Ramamoorthy S, Melmed G, Dulai P, Boland B, Mahadevan U, Sandborn W, Ohno-Machado L, McGovern D, Singh S. Effectiveness and Safety of Biologic Therapy in Hispanic Vs Non-Hispanic Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A CA-IBD Cohort Study. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2022, 21: 173-181.e5. PMID: 35644340, PMCID: PMC9701245, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseNon-Hispanic patientsBiologic-treated patientsHispanic patientsSerious infectionsBiologic therapyBowel diseasePropensity score-matched cohortBurden of inflammationRisk of hospitalizationHigh ratePropensity-score matchingCause hospitalizationAdult patientsBiologic initiationCohort studyBiologic agentsMedication useHigh burdenHigh riskHospitalizationPatientsSurvival analysisSurgeryAbstractText