RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Crohn's disease in the city of Derby, 1951-85.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 1262
OP 1265
DO 10.1136/gut.31.11.1262
VO 31
IS 11
A1 I W Fellows
A1 J G Freeman
A1 G K Holmes
YR 1990
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/31/11/1262.abstract
AB An epidemiological survey of Crohn's disease in the city of Derby showed that the incidence of the condition increased from 0.7/10(5) per year between 1951 and 1955 to 6.67/10(5) per year between 1981 and 1985 but seemed to reach a plateau between 1976 and 1985. Large bowel Crohn's disease was more common in patients presenting aged 60-79 years than in those aged 20-39 years. The increase in incidence was not solely due to the detection of milder disease. There was no evidence that the Asian (Indian subcontinent) population of Derby was resistant to the development of Crohn's disease.