Inflammatory bowel disease

Description

inflammatory bowel disease: A spectrum of small and large bowel inflammatory diseases of unknown etiology. It includes Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and colitis of indeterminate type.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode K11_IBD
Include K11_CROHN, K11_ULCER, K11_KELAIBD
Level in the ICD-hierarchy C
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 0050589
GWAS catalog 0003767
MESH D015212
SNOMED CT 24526004

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 2941 1594 1347
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 2.22 2.12 2.35
Mean age at first event (years) 43.34 42.05 44.86
Median number of events / individual 5 5 6

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 62.97 61.86 64.29
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.41 2.01 2.9

Associations