No association between urbanisation, neighbourhood deprivation and IBD: a population-based study of 4 million individuals

Agnieszka Butwicka^{1

2}, Amir Sariaslan¹, Henrik Larsson¹, Jonas Halfvarson³, Pär E Myrelid⁴, Ola Olén^{5

6}, Louise Frisen^{7

8}, Paul Lichtenstein¹, Jonas F Ludvigsson^{1

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Child Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁴ Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faulty of Health Sciences, Linköping University and Department of Surgery, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Comment

Agnieszka Butwicka et al. Gut. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;68(5):947-948.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316326. Epub 2018 Apr 24.

Agnieszka Butwicka^{1

2}, Amir Sariaslan¹, Henrik Larsson¹, Jonas Halfvarson³, Pär E Myrelid⁴, Ola Olén^{5

6}, Louise Frisen^{7

8}, Paul Lichtenstein¹, Jonas F Ludvigsson^{1

9}

¹ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Child Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁴ Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faulty of Health Sciences, Linköping University and Department of Surgery, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

No abstract available

Keywords: Crohn’s disease; epidemiology; ibd; risk factors; ulcerative colitis; urbanisation.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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