Ethnic Variation in the Annual Rates of Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hospitalized Patients in Vancouver, British Columbia

Birinder K Mangat; Chad Evaschesen; Tim Lee; Eric M Yoshida; Baljinder Salh

doi:10.1155/2011/640920

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2011)

Ethnic Variation in the Annual Rates of Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hospitalized Patients in Vancouver, British Columbia

Birinder K Mangat,
Chad Evaschesen,
Tim Lee,
Eric M Yoshida,
Baljinder Salh

Affiliations

Birinder K Mangat: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
Chad Evaschesen: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
Tim Lee: Department of Medical Statistics, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Eric M Yoshida: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
Baljinder Salh: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/640920
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 2
pp. 73 – 77

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: There is currently little available information regarding the impact of ethnicity on the clinical features of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Migrating populations and changing demographics in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) provide a unique opportunity to examine the role of ethnicity in the prevalence, expression and complications of IBD.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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