Smoking prevalence and its influence on disease course and surgery in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

P C LunneyV C KariyawasamR R WangK L MiddletonT HuangC P SelingerJ M AndrewsP H KatelarisRupert W L Leong

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2015)

This study confirms the detrimental effects of smoking in CD, yet failed to demonstrate substantial benefit from smoking in UC. These data should encourage all patients with IBD to quit smoking.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
ulcerative colitis
minimally invasive
replacement therapy
risk factors
big data
coronary artery disease
nk cells