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- Hjortswang, Henrik, et al.
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Health-related quality of life is impaired in active collagenous colitis
- 2011
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In: Digestive and Liver Disease. - : Elsevier BV. - 1590-8658 .- 1878-3562. ; 43:2, s. 102-109
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objectives: The characteristic clinical symptoms of collagenous colitis are non-bloody diarrhoea, urgency and abdominal pain. Treatment is aimed at reducing the symptom burden and the disease impact on patients' health-related quality of life. The objective of this study was to analyse health-related quality of life in patients with collagenous colitis. Methods: In a cross-sectional, postal HRQL survey, 116 patients with collagenous colitis at four Swedish hospitals completed four health-related quality of life questionnaires, two disease-specific (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire and Rating Form of IBD Patient Concerns), and two generic (Short Form 36, SF-36, and Psychological General Well-Being, PGWB), and a one-week symptom diary. Demographic and disease-related data were collected. Results for the collagenous colitis population were compared with a background population controlled for age and gender (n = 8931). Results: Compared with a Swedish background population, patients with collagenous colitis scored significantly worse in all Short Form 36 dimensions (p < 0.01), except physical function. Patients with active disease scored worse health-related quality of life than patients in remission. Co-existing disease had an impact on health-related quality of life measured with the generic measures. Lower education level and shorter disease duration were associated with decreased well-being. Conclusion: Health-related quality of life was impaired in patients with collagenous colitis compared with a background population. Disease activity is the most important factor associated with impairment of health-related quality of life. Patients in remission have a health-related quality of life similar to a background population. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l.
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- Lebwohl, Benjamin, et al.
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Use of proton pump inhibitors and subsequent risk of celiac disease
- 2014
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In: Digestive and Liver Disease. - : Elsevier BV. - 1590-8658 .- 1878-3562. ; 46:1, s. 36-40
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- Background: The prevalence of celiac disease and the use of medications that inhibit acid secretion have both increased in recent decades. Aim: To explore the association between antisecretory medication exposure and subsequent development of celiac disease. Methods: In this population-based case control study, we identified patients with celiac disease diagnosed at all pathology departments in Sweden from July 2005 through February 2008. Patients were matched by age and gender with up to 5 controls. We identified prior prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists in all subjects. We used conditional logistic regression to measure the association between these prescriptions and the subsequent diagnosis of celiac disease. Results: Prior proton pump inhibitor prescription was strongly associated with celiac disease (OR 4.79; 95% CI 4.17-5.51). Patients prescribed both proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists had a higher risk of celiac disease (OR 5.96; 95% CI 3.58-9.91) than those prescribed proton pump inhibitors alone (OR 4.91; 95% CI 4.26-5.66) or histamine-2 receptor antagonists alone (OR 4.16; 95% CI 2.89-5.99). Conclusions: Exposure to antisecretory medications is associated with a subsequent diagnosis of celiac disease. The persistence of this association after excluding prescriptions in the year preceding the celiac disease diagnosis suggests a causal relationship. (C) 2013 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Nordenstedt, H, et al.
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The changing pattern of epidemiology in hepatocellular carcinoma
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In: Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver. - 1878-3562. ; 4242 Suppl 3, s. S206-S214
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- Olen, Ola, et al.
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Socioeconomic position and education in patients with coeliac disease
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In: Digestive and Liver Disease. - : Elsevier. - 1590-8658 .- 1878-3562. ; 44:6, s. 471-476
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background and aim: Socioeconomic position and education are strongly associated with several chronic diseases, but their relation to coeliac disease is unclear. We examined educational level and socioeconomic position in patients with coeliac disease.Methods: We identified 29,096 patients with coeliac disease through biopsy reports (defined as Marsh 3: villous atrophy) from all Swedish pathology departments (n=28). Age- and sex-matched controls were randomly sampled from the Swedish Total Population Register (n=145,090). Data on level of education and socioeconomic position were obtained from the Swedish Education Register and the Occupational Register. We calculated odds ratios for the risk of having coeliac disease based on socioeconomic position according to the European Socioeconomic Classification (9 levels) and education.Results: Compared to individuals with high socioeconomic position (level 1 of 9) coeliac disease was less common in the lowest socioeconomic stratum (routine occupations = level 9 of 9: adjusted odds ratio = 0.89; 95% confidence interval = 0.84-0.94) but not less common in individuals with moderately low socioeconomic position: (level 7/9: adjusted odds ratio = 0.96; 95% confidence interval = 0.91-1.02; and level 8/9: adjusted odds ratio = 0.99; 95% confidence interval = 0.93-1.05). Coeliac disease was not associated with educational level.Conclusions: In conclusion, diagnosed coeliac disease was slightly less common in individuals with low socioeconomic position but not associated with educational level. Coeliac disease may be unrecognised in individuals of low socioeconomic position. (C) 2012 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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