Sex-based differences in the incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases-pooled analysis of population-based studies from the Asia-Pacific region.
Shailja C ShahHamed KhaliliChung-Yu ChenHyeong Sik AhnWilliam K K WuBurisch JJean Frederic ColombelPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2019)
In a pooled analysis of population-based studies from the Asia-Pacific region, we found a male predominance of both CD and UC for the majority of the age spectrum from adolescence to middle/late-middle age. Additional studies are needed to clarify biological and nonbiological determinants of sex differences in IBD, which might be distinct between Asia-Pacific and Western populations.