Effect of Alcoholic Intoxication on the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study.

This study investigated whether alcoholic intoxication (AI) increases the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by using a population-based database in Taiwan.This retrospective matched-cohort study included 57 611 inpatients with new-onset AI (AI cohort) and 230 444 randomly selected controls (n...

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Main Authors: Tai-Yi Hsu, Hong-Mo Shih, Yu-Chiao Wang, Leng-Chieh Lin, Guan-Yi He, Chih-Yu Chen, Chia-Hung Kao, Chao-Hsien Chen, Wei-Kung Chen, Tse-Yen Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5089729?pdf=render