Obesity Is Independently Associated With Higher Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Nguyen N, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn W, Singh S. Obesity Is Independently Associated With Higher Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2018, 17: 709-718.e7. PMID: 30012429, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-obese patientsInflammatory bowel diseaseNationwide Readmissions Database 2013Cost of hospitalizationBowel diseaseObese patientsAnnual burdenPropensity scoreHospitalization-related costsOutcomes of hospitalizationRepresentative cohort studyHigh-cost patientsCardiopulmonary complicationsIBD patientsAdjunctive therapyCohort studyIBD phenotypePreventable admissionsHigh burdenPatientsHospitalizationObesityAbstractTextObeseInconsistent associations