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Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in French Canadians: Comparison With a Large North American Repository
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
American Journal of Gastroenterology. Sep 01, 2009 104(9):2233-2240
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0002-9270
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:: METHODS:: RESULTS:: French-Canadian patients with Crohnʼs disease (CD) were less likely to have stricturing disease (11 vs. 21%, P=0.005; odds ratio (OR): 0.45, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.24-0.85). Using a stringent definition of ethnicity (three out of four grandparents being French Canadians, as opposed to self-report, n=148), French Canadians had a tendency toward developing fistulizing CD (37 vs. 28%, P=0.07), and there was an increased prevalence of sacroiliitis among those with IBD (4 vs. 2%, P=0.045). Among French Canadians, the numbers of current smokers in CD (40 vs. 25%, P=0.006) and former smokers in ulcerative colitis (UC) (35 vs. 20%, P=0.03) were significantly higher. The prevalence of one of the three main variants of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2 (NOD2) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)-among French-Canadian CD patients was 43.2%. The 3020insC SNP correlated with small bowel disease in French Canadians (75 vs. 0%, P= 0.006). CONCLUSIONS