A comparison of the risk of postoperative recurrence between African-American and Caucasian patients with Crohn's disease.

Adjoa Anyane-YeboaAkihiro YamadaHaider HaiderYunwei WangYuga KomakiFukiko KomakiJoel PekowSushila DalalRussell D CohenLisa CannonKonstantin UmanskiyRadhika SmithRoger HurstNeil HymanDavid T RubinAtsushi Sakuraba

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2018)

We found that African-American patients with Crohn's disease have a similar degree of objective measures of mucosal inflammation after surgery including endoscopic recurrence as compared to Caucasian patients. However, African-American race was significantly associated with clinical recurrence, suggesting the presence of ethnic variation in postoperative presentation in Crohn's disease.

Keyphrases

african american
patients undergoing
free survival
end stage renal disease
oxidative stress
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
case report