Risk factors for ulcerative colitis in a Chinese population: An age-matched and sex-matched case-control study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-284

  Jiang, Li ^a   Xia, Bing ^a,g   Li, Jin ^a   Ye, Mei ^a   Deng, Changsheng ^a   Ding, Yijuan ^b   Luo, Hesheng ^b   Ren, Hongyu ^c   Hou, Xiaohua ^c   Liu, Hongying ^d   Xu, Hualin ^e   Cheng, Hong ^a   Yang, Huiying ^f  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Wuhan Anus Intestine Hospital   (China)

^e WUHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU COMMAND   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case control study; Risk factor; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33847371218     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225644.75651.f1     Document Type: Article

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