Open Access<p>The Risk of Cerebrovascular Accidents in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States: A Population-Based National Study</p>
Author(s) -
Sara Ghoneim,
Aun R. Shah,
Aneesh Dhorepatil,
Muhammad Butt,
Nisheet Waghray
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical and experimental gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-7023
DOI - 10.2147/ceg.s250182
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , logistic regression , odds ratio , ulcerative colitis , confounding , diabetes mellitus , population , disease , univariate analysis , atrial fibrillation , diagnosis code , multivariate analysis , environmental health , endocrinology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, but the risk of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) remains unknown. Hypercoagulability and systemic inflammation are two proposed mechanisms by which the presence of IBD might lead to the development of CVA.