Open AccessPatients developing inflammatory bowel disease have iron deficiency and lower plasma ferritin years before diagnosis: a nested case-control study
Author(s) -
Lovisa Widbom,
Kim Ekblom,
Pontus Karling,
Johan Hultdin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.881
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1473-5687
pISSN - 0954-691X
DOI - 10.1097/meg.0000000000001816
Subject(s) - medicine , ferritin , ulcerative colitis , transferrin saturation , iron deficiency , inflammatory bowel disease , gastroenterology , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , crohn's disease , case control study , immunology , disease , anemia
Iron deficiency is common among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, generally reported without comparisons with controls. The aim of this study was to analyse if iron deficiency was more common among those later developing IBD compared to matched controls in a prospective setting.