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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Migrant and Native Jewish Populations of Southern Israel

1989; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 24; Issue: sup170 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/00365528909091348

1502-7708

H.S. Odes, Drora Fraser, J Krawiec,

Liver Diseases and Immunity

Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease were studied in three Jewish populations in the Beer Sheva district of southern Israel. Age-adjusted prevalence rates on 31 December 1987 were for ulcerative colitis, 89/105, and for Crohn's disease, 30/1O5. Both diseases were commoner in females and in European-American-born Jews. Age-adjusted incidence rates have increased and in 1979-1987 were for ulcerative colitis, 5.4/105/year, and for Crohn's disease, 2.1/105/year. Females developed ulcerative colitis at a younger age and Crohn's disease at a later age than males. Israel-born patients developed both diseases at a young age. The clinical features of ulcerative colitis were similar in the various populations. Epidemiologic data in Jews may aid in the understanding of the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases.