Abstract | BACKGROUND: MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project, we identified all Olmsted County (Minnesota) residents with an initial diagnosis of microscopic colitis between January 1, 1985, and December 31, 2001. Rates of antecedent cholecystectomy or appendectomy in patients with microscopic colitis were compared with age-, gender-, and calendar year-matched community controls through conditional logistic regression. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Aran W Laing, Darrell S Pardi, Edward V Loftus Jr, Thomas C Smyrk, Patricia P Kammer, William J Tremaine, Cathy D Schleck, W Scott Harmsen, Alan R Zinsmeister, L Joseph Melton 3rd, William J Sandborn |
Journal | Inflammatory bowel diseases
(Inflamm Bowel Dis)
Vol. 12
Issue 8
Pg. 708-11
(Aug 2006)
ISSN: 1078-0998 [Print] England |
PMID | 16917225
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Appendectomy
(adverse effects)
- Case-Control Studies
- Cholecystectomy
(adverse effects)
- Colitis, Microscopic
(etiology, pathology)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications
- Risk Factors
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