Table 1

Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoO) in patients with and without IBD

Crohn’s diseaseUCGeneral population
EoONo EoOP valuesEoONo EoOP valuesEoONo EoOP values
N2239374 5831267327 108102 048133 206 291
Incidence of EoO, per 105 person-years127.0N/A82.7N/A23.7N/A
Prevalence of EoO, per 105 persons594.2N/A385.8N/A76.6N/A
Age<0.01<0.01<0.01
  Paediatric, n (%)424 (19.0)11 342 (3.0)125 (9.9)4644 (1.4)15 335 (15.0)24 607 944 (18.5)
  Adult, n (%)1814 (81.0)363 057 (97.0)1140 (90.1)322 349 (98.6)86 681 (85.0)108 481 676 (81.5)
  Overall, years (SD)33.4 (16.4)45.7 (15.1)<0.0141.3 (16.2)49.4 (13.8)<0.0138.7 (17.0)37.0
(18.6)
<0.01
Sex, n (%)<0.01<0.01
  Male1387 (62.0)163 707 (43.7)712 (56.3)146 639 (44.8)63 801 (62.5)65 144 344 (49.0)
  Female851 (38.0)210 692 (56.3)553 (43.7)180 354 (55.2)38 215 (37.5)67 945 276 (51.0)
Region, n (%)<0.01<0.01<0.01
  Northeast601 (26.8)94 888 (25.3)305 (24.1)79 412 (24.3)20 084 (19.7)23 064 663 (17.3)
  Midwest492 (22.0)85 242 (22.8)301 (23.8)67 890 (20.8)25 747 (25.2)29 148 208 (21.9)
  South724 (32.4)132 314 (35.3)399 (31.5)117 872 (36.0)35 112 (34.4)51 505 641 (38.7)
  West388 (17.3)52 664 (14.1)246 (19.4)54 723 (16.7)18 899 (18.5)25 333 930 (19.0)
  Unknown33 (1.5)9291 (2.5)14 (1.1)7096 (2.2)2174 (2.1)4 037 178 (3.0)
Immune-mediated comorbidities, n (%)
  Coeliac disease66 (3.0)3148 (0.8)<0.0121 (1.7)1632 (0.5)<0.011240 (1.2)82 402 (0.1)<0.01
  IBD-associated rheumatological conditions*349 (15.6)49 554 (13.2)<0.01184 (14.5)35 755 (10.9)<0.018227 (8.1)4 064 945 (3.0)<0.01
  Eczema67 (3.0)2653 (0.7)<0.0128 (2.2)2030 (0.6)<0.012292 (2.2)587 054 (0.4)<0.01
  Asthma495 (22.1)29 063 (7.8)<0.01241 (19.0)23 932 (7.3)<0.0118 366 (18.0)4 339 073 (3.2)<0.01
  • *Includes inflammatory arthropathy, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy and psoriasis

  • N/A, not applicable.