A Multicentre Study of the Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Northeast Brazil.
Carlos Alexandre Antunes de BritoLívia Medeiros Soares CelaniMarcelo Vicente Toledo de AraújoMaurilio Toscano de LucenaGraciana Bandeira Salgado VasconcelosGustavo André Silva LimaFernando Jorge Firmino NóbregaGeorge Tadeu Nunes DinizNorma Lucena-SilvaGermano Tose TonetoJoão Victor de Carvalho FalcãoPedro Martinelli BarbosaPriscylla Rayanne Fernandes de OliveiraLuan Samy Xavier DantasLuanna Karen Chagas FernandesSamara Amorim de AraújoValéria Ferreira MartinelliPublished in: Clinical and experimental gastroenterology (2023)
More extensive disease behavior patterns predominated in UC, while forms associated with complications were prevalent in CD. A prolonged time to diagnosis may have contributed to these findings. A progressive increase in IBD incidence was observed and may be related to greater urbanization and better access to specialized outpatient clinics, resulting in improvements in diagnosis.