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| Title: [Increased incidence of Crohn disease in the county of Copenhagen] | ||||
| Title Abreviation: Ugeskr Laeger | Date of Pub: 1993 Oct 4 | |||
| Author: Munkholm P; Langholz E; Nielsen OH; Kreiner S; Binder V; | ||||
| Issue/Part/Supplement: 40 | Volume Issue: 155 | Pagination: 3199-202 | ||
| MESH Headings: Adolescence; Adult; Aged; Crohn Disease (DI/*EP); Denmark (EP); English Abstract; Female; Human; Incidence; Male; Middle Age; Registries; -EA-; | ||||
| Journal Title Code: WM8 | Publication Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE | |||
| Date of Entry: 931220N | Entry Month: 9402 | |||
| Country: DENMARK | Index Priority: 3 | |||
| Language: Dan | Unique Identifier: 94054799 | |||
| Unique Identifier: 94054799 | ISSN: 0041-5782 | |||
| Abstract: The incidence of Crohn's disease was assessed in a population based study in Copenhagen County from 1962-1987. The incidence increased six fold during the study period from 0.62/10(5) in 1962 to a mean of 4.1/10(5) from 1979-1987, equally in both sexes. The highest incidence was found in the age group 15-24 years: 12.8/10(5) for women and 6.0/10(5) for men (as mean of the period 1979-1987). The prevalence at the end of the study was 54/10(5). The clinical symptoms and extent of disease at diagnosis did not change over the time, but a significantly higher disease activity was found in the 1980's, 74% (1962-1979) vs 84% (1980-1987), p = 0.04. The increase in incidence of Crohn's disease is well established in most parts of the industrialized world. The analysis shows that it is not due to a new disease entity, since the extent of disease, the age and sex distribution, and the symptoms remained unchanged during the 26 year study period. | ||||
| Abstract By: Author | ||||
| Address: Medicinsk gastroenterologisk afdeling C, Kobenhavns Amts Sygehus i Herlev. | ||||
| Transliterated/Vernacular Title: Stigende incidens af morbus Crohn i Kobenhavns Amt. | ||||