Authors: Reif S, Klein I, Lubin F, Farbstein M, Hallak A, Gilat T.
Institution: Department of Gastroenterology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel.
Background: The effect of environmental factors has been demonstrated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Nutrition may be one of them.AIM: To investigate the pre-illness diet in patients with recent IBD in comparison with matched population and clinic controls.
Results: A high sucrose consumption was associated with an increased risk for IBD (OR 2.85 (p = 0.03) against population controls and 5.3 (p = 0.00) against clinic controls). Lactose consumption showed no effect while fructose intake was negatively associated with risk for IBD (NS). Similar trends were noted in UC and CD…
Conclusions: An association was found between pre-illness diet and subsequent development of UC and CD. The effect of dietary components may be primary or modulatory.
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