Zinc intake and risk of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis: a prospective cohort study | Zendy

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Zinc intake and risk of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis: a prospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan,

Hamed Khalili,

Mingyang Song,

Leslie M. Higuchi,

James M. Richter,

Andrew T. Chan

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv301

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , ulcerative colitis , prospective cohort study , crohn's disease , confidence interval , confounding , proportional hazards model , cohort study , inflammatory bowel disease , gastroenterology , zinc , disease , lower risk , epidemiology , relative risk , materials science , metallurgy

Diet plays a role in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Dietary zinc may influence risk of disease through effects on autophagy, innate and adaptive immune response and maintenance of the intestinal barrier.

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