United European gastroenterology journal
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United European Gastroenterol J · Dec 2020
Impact of obesity on disease activity and disease outcome in inflammatory bowel disease: Results from the Swiss inflammatory bowel disease cohort.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of obesity on disease activity and disease outcome in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. ⋯ Obesity is associated with decreased rates of disease remission and increased risk of complicated disease course in Crohn's disease over a six-year follow-up period. No effects were seen on disease progression and index treatment failure neither in Crohn's disease nor ulcerative colitis.