Incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in South Asian and Chinese People: A Population-Based Cohort Study from Ontario, Canada.
Jasbir DhaliwalMeltem TunaBaiju R ShahSanjay MurthyEmily HerrettAnne M GriffithsEric I BenchimolPublished in: Clinical epidemiology (2021)
Canadians of South Asian ethnicity had a similarly high risk of developing IBD compared to other Canadians, and a higher risk of developing UC, a finding distinct from the Chinese population. Our findings indicate the importance of genetic and environmental risk factors in people of Asian origin who live in the Western world.