• M Ellen Kuenzig, Douglas G Manuel, Jessy Donelle, and Eric I Benchimol.
• Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (Benchimol), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (Kuenzig, Benchimol: during the conduct of the study), CHEO and CHEO Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Kuenzig, Manuel, Donelle, Benchimol); Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Manuel, Donelle); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Manuel, Benchimol), University of Ottawa; Department of Pediatrics (Benchimol), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
• CMAJ. 2020 Nov 9; 192 (45): E1394-E1402.

BackgroundInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be life-threatening and often reduces quality of life. We determined trends in life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy in people with and without IBD.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of population-level health administrative, demographic and health survey data available from databases in Ontario. We matched people with a diagnosis of IBD to those without a diagnosis of IBD. We used period life tables that were generated using age- and sex-specific 5-year mortality rates to calculate life expectancy (for 1996, 2000, 2008 and 2011). We incorporated the Health Utility Index (National Population Health Study; Canadian Community Health Survey) to estimate health-adjusted life expectancy (for 1996, 2000 and 2008).ResultsLife expectancy in patients with IBD increased between 1996 and 2011 (females: from 75.5 to 78.4 yr, difference: 2.9 yr [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3 to 4.5]; males: from 72.2 to 75.5 yr, difference: 3.2 yr [95% CI 2.1 to 4.4]). Between 1996 and 2008, health-adjusted life expectancy decreased among males by 3.9 years (95% CI 1.2 to 6.6). There was no statistically significant change in health-adjusted life expectancy among females with IBD (difference: 2.0 yr, 95% CI -1.6 to 5.7). Life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy were lower in people with IBD compared with those without IBD. Differences in life expectancy in people with and without IBD ranged from 6.6 to 8.1 years in females and 5.0 to 6.1 years in males, depending on the year. Differences in health-adjusted life expectancy for people with and without IBD ranged from 9.5 to 13.5 years in females and 2.6 to 6.7 years in males.InterpretationWhilst life expectancy has increased among people with IBD, a gap in life expectancy between those with and without IBD remains, and the effect of pain on daily functioning contributes substantially to reduced health-adjusted life expectancy, suggesting that improved pain mitigation strategies should be implemented.© 2020 Joule Inc. or its licensors.

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