Environmental factors in infancy and ulcerative colitis in the Central South of Chile: A case–control study
Author(s) -
Anja Boneberger,
Eduardo Hebel Weiss,
M.J. Martín Calvo,
L. Cabrera Torres,
Johanna Wagner,
Michael Kabesch,
Katja Radon
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of crohn s and colitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.277
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1876-4479
pISSN - 1873-9946
DOI - 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.03.005
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , hygiene hypothesis , ulcerative colitis , odds ratio , logistic regression , medicine , hygiene , case control study , demography , proxy (statistics) , multivariate analysis , protective factor , environmental health , odds , disease , pathology , population , machine learning , sociology , computer science
Evidence for the role of the hygiene hypothesis and the development of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is unclear. We aimed to explore the association between environmental factors in infancy and UC.
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