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Elbadry M, Nour MO, Hussien M, Ghoneem EA, Medhat MA, Shehab H, Galal S, Eltabbakh M, El-Raey F, Negm M, Afify S, Abdelhamed W, Sherief A, Abdelaziz A, Abo Elkasem M, Mahrous A, Kamal G, Maher M, Abdel-Hameed O, Elbasuny A, El-Zayyadi I, Bassiony A, Moussa A, Bedewy E, Elfert A, El Kassas M. Clinico-Epidemiological Characteristics of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Egypt: A Nationwide Multicenter Study. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:867293. [PMID: 35514748 PMCID: PMC9063633 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.867293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Background and AimsUlcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are the most common types of Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with variable responses to traditional therapies and unpredicted prognosis. In Egypt and most developing countries, the lack of recent epidemiological and prognostic data adversely affects management strategies. We collected and analyzed data of patients with IBD from multiple centers across Egypt to evaluate patients' clinical and epidemiological characteristics.MethodsThis retrospective multicenter study included patients diagnosed with IBD between May 2018 and August 2021, at 14 tertiary gastroenterology units across Egypt. Record analysis addressed a combination of clinico-epidemiological characteristics, biochemical tests, stool markers, endoscopic features, histological information, and different lines for IBD treatment.ResultsWe identified 1104 patients with an established diagnosis of IBD; 81% of them had UC, and 19% showed CD. The mean age of onset was 35.1 ± 12.5 years ranging from 5 to 88 years, the mean duration of illness at inclusion was 13.6 ± 16.7 years, gender distribution was almost equal with a significant male dominance (60.4%, p = 0.003) among patients with CD, 57% were living in rural areas, and 70.5% were from Delta and Coastal areas. Two hundred nineteen patients (19.8%) displayed comorbid conditions, primarily associated with CD. The most frequent complaints were diarrhea (73.2%), rectal bleeding (54.6%) that was significantly higher among patients with UC (64%, p < 0.001), and 46.8% with abdominal pain (more often with CD: 71%, p < 0.001). Conventional therapy was effective in treating 94.7% of patients. The main lesion in patients with CD was ileal (47.8%); patients with UC mainly exhibited proctosigmoiditis (28.4%). Dysplasia was detected in 7.2% of patients, mainly subjects with UC.ConclusionsTo our knowledge, our effort is the first and largest cohort of Egyptian patients with IBD to describe clinical and epidemiological characteristics, and diagnostic and management approaches. More extensive prospective studies are still needed to fully characterize disease distribution, environmental factors, and pathological features of the disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mohamed Elbadry
- Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Damietta, Egypt
- Faculty of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Integrated Clinical and Research Center for Intestinal Disorders (ICRID), Department and Endemic Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
| | - Mohamed Eltabbakh
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Fathiya El-Raey
- Department of Hepatogastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Integrated Clinical and Research Center for Intestinal Disorders (ICRID), Department and Endemic Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
| | - Ahmed Sherief
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Hepatogastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Talkha Central Hospital, Talkha, Egypt
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
| | - Mohamed El Kassas
- Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
- *Correspondence: Mohamed El Kassas
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