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All-cause and cause-specific mortality in microscopic colitis: a Danish nationwide matched cohort study.

Nynne Nyboe AndersenLars Kristian MunckSusanne HansenTine JessSigne Wildt
Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2020)
In an unselected large nationwide cohort of patients with microscopic colitis, the risk of death was significantly increased compared to the background population. However, the increased mortality seemed to be associated to a high burden of comorbidities and unmeasured life-style factors including smoking and not microscopic colitis per se.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • ulcerative colitis
  • risk factors
  • cross sectional
  • smoking cessation
  • coronary artery disease