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African-American inflammatory bowel disease in a Southern U.S. health center by Hemanth Veluswamy; Kunal Suryawala; Ankur Sheth; Shannon Wells; Erik Salvatierra; Walter Cromer; Ganta V Chaitanya; Annette Painter; Mihir Patel; Kenneth Manas; Ellenmarie Zwank; Moheb Boktor; Kondal Baig; Balaji Datti; Michael J Mathis; Alireza Minagar; Paul A Jordan; Jonathan S Alexander is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) remain significant health problems in the US and worldwide. IBD is most often associated with eastern European ancestry, and is less frequently reported in other populations of African origin e.g. African Americans ('AAs'). Whether AAs represent an important population with IBD in the US remains unclear since few studies have investigated IBD in communities with a majority representation of AA patients. The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSC-S) is a tertiary care medical center, with a patient base composed of 58% AA and 39% Caucasian (W), ideal for evaluating racial (AA vs. W) as well and gender (M vs. F) influences on IBD. ## Methods In this retrospective study, we evaluated 951 visits to LSUHSC-S for IBD (between 2000 to 2008) using non-identified patient information based on ICD-9 medical record coding (Crohn's disease 'CD'-555.0- 555.9 and ulcerative colitis 'UC'-556.0-556.9). ## Results Overall, there were more cases of CD seen than UC. UC and CD affected similar ratios of AA and Caucasian males (M) and females (F) with a rank order of WF > WM > AAF > AAM. Interestingly, in CD, we
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- Author
- Hemanth Veluswamy; Kunal Suryawala; Ankur Sheth; Shannon Wells; Erik Salvatierra; Walter Cromer; Ganta V Chaitanya; Annette Painter; Mihir Patel; Kenneth Manas; Ellenmarie Zwank; Moheb Boktor; Kondal Baig; Balaji Datti; Michael J Mathis; Alireza Minagar; Paul A Jordan; Jonathan S Alexander
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-230X)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)