Obesity is associated with increased risk of Crohn’s disease, but not ulcerative colitis: A pooled analysis of five prospective cohort studies

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Chan, Simon S. M., Chen, Ye, Casey, Kevin, Olen, Ola, Ludvigsson, Jonas F., Carbonnel, Franck, Oldenburg, Bas, Gunter, Marc J., Tjønneland, Anne, Grip, Olof, Lochhead, Paul, Chan, Andrew T., Wolk, Alicia and Khalili, Hamed and DEFINe-IBD Investigators (2022) Obesity is associated with increased risk of Crohn’s disease, but not ulcerative colitis: A pooled analysis of five prospective cohort studies. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 20 (5). pp. 1048-1058. ISSN 1542-3565

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Abstract

Background and Aims: It is unclear whether obesity is associated with the development of inflammatory bowel disease despite compelling data from basic science studies. We therefore examined the association between obesity and risk of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Methods: We conducted pooled analyses of 5 prospective cohorts with validated anthropometric measurements for body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio and other lifestyle factors. Diagnoses of CD and UC were confirmed through medical records or ascertained using validated definitions. We used Cox proportional hazards modeling to calculate pooled multivariable-adjusted HRs (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: Among 601,009 participants (age range, 18-98 years) with 10,110,018 person-years of follow-up, we confirmed 563 incident cases of CD and 1047 incident cases of UC. Obesity (baseline BMI ≥30 kg/m 2) was associated with an increased risk of CD (pooled aHR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.05-1.71, I 2 = 0%) compared with normal BMI (18.5 to <25 kg/m 2). Each 5 kg/m 2 increment in baseline BMI was associated with a 16% increase in risk of CD (pooled aHR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.05-1.22; I 2 = 0%). Similarly, with each 5 kg/m 2 increment in early adulthood BMI (age, 18-20 years), there was a 22% increase in risk of CD (pooled aHR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.05-1.40; I 2 = 13.6%). An increase in waist-hip ratio was associated with an increased risk of CD that did not reach statistical significance (pooled aHR across quartiles, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.97-1.19; I 2 = 0%). No associations were observed between measures of obesity and risk of UC. Conclusions: In an adult population, obesity as measured by BMI was associated with an increased risk of older-onset CD but not UC.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	body mass index,epidemiology,inflammatory bowel diseases,waist-hip ratio,hepatology,gastroenterology,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2721
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Jul 2021 00:07
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 15:43
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80689
DOI:	10.1016/j.cgh.2021.06.049

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