Body Composition in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Correlation with Disease Severity and Duration.

Dawesh P YadavSaurabh KediaKumble Seetharama MadhusudhanSawan BopannaSandeep GoyalSaransh JainNaval Kishore VikramRaju SharmaGovind K MakhariaVineet Ahuja

Published in: Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology (2017)

CD patients have lower lean mass than UC. Body fat decreases with increasing disease severity and fat-free mass decreases with increasing disease duration in both UC/CD.

Keyphrases

body composition
bone mineral density
end stage renal disease
ulcerative colitis
resistance training
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
adipose tissue
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
patient reported