High prevalence of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis among older people in Sydney.
Aviv PudipeddiJeffrey LiuViraj KariyawasamThomas J BorodyJames L CowlishawCharles McDonaldPeter KatelarisGrace ChapmanCrispin CorteDaniel A LembergCheng H LeeAnil KeshavaJohn NapoliRobert ClancyWebber ChanSudarshan ParamsothyRupert W L LeongPublished in: The Medical journal of Australia (2021)
We found that the prevalence of confirmed IBD in a metropolitan sample was highest among older people. Challenges for managing older patients with IBD include higher rates of comorbid conditions, polypharmacy, and cognitive decline, and the immunosuppressive nature of standard therapies for IBD.