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ArticlePloS one2020

Anemia is associated with the risk of Crohn's disease, not ulcerative colitis: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

Eun Ae Kang, Jaeyoung Chun, Jong Pil Im, Hyun Jung Lee, Kyungdo Han, Hosim Soh, Seona Park, Joo Sung Kim

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eun Ae KangDepartment of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Jaeyoung ChunDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4212-0380
Jong Pil ImDepartment of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1584-0160
Hyun Jung LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Kyungdo HanDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hosim SohDepartment of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5107-6521
Seona ParkDepartment of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Joo Sung KimDepartment of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Seoul National University · KRSoongsil University · KRYonsei University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anemia is a common manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but it remains unclear whether anemia is associated with the development of IBD. We assessed the risk of developing IBD in anemic patients, and stratified the results with respect to their hemoglobin concentrations. A population-based study was conducted using the National Healthcare Insurance Service database in South Korea. We included individuals over 20 years' old who participated in the national health screening program in 2009 (n = 9,962,064). Anemia was defined as a hemoglobin level less than 13 g/dL in men and less than 12 g/dL in women. We compared the rate of newly diagnosed IBD in anemic patients and non-anemic individuals. Newly diagnosed IBD was identified using both the ICD-10 medical code and specialized V codes for rare intractable diseases in South Korea. During the mean follow-up period of 7.3 years, the incidences of CD and UC in anemic patients were 2.89 and 6.88 per 100,000 person-years, respectively. The risk of CD was significantly higher in anemic patients than in non-anemic individuals [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 2.084; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.769-2.455]. The risk of CD development was inversely proportional to the hemoglobin concentration. A J-curve relationship was observed between age and the risk of CD in anemic patients. The risk of CD in male anemic patients was significantly higher than that in female anemic patients (aHR, 1.432 vs. 1.240, respectively). By contrast, there was no statistically significant difference in the risk of developing UC in anemic and non-anemic individuals (aHR, 0.972; 95% CI, 0.880-1.073). This work indicates that anemia is related to the development of CD, and this risk was inversely proportional to the hemoglobin concentration.

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AnemiaCohort StudiesColitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedRepublic of KoreaRisk Factors

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PMID32898174
PMCPMC7478647
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