Death rate for patients with ulcerative colitis has changed over last few decades. Recent studies indicate that cumulative long-term mortality is comparable to that in general population, and that deaths may depend on causes not strictly related to colonic disease. To evaluate overall and cause-specific mortality rate in a large group of Italian patients with ulcerative colitis. A total of 2,066 ulcerative colitis patients aged >18 years consecutively diagnosed in twenty Italian Gastroenterology Units between 1964 and 1995 were followed-up from diagnosis until 1997. Standardised Mortality Ratios and Relative Survival Ratios were calculated.
Survival and causes of death in Italian patients with ulcerative colitis. A GISC nationwide study / Viscido, A; Bagnardi, V; Sturniolo, Gc; Annese, V; Frieri, G; D'Arienzo, Agesilao; Papi, C; Riegler, G; Corrao, G; Caprilli, R; GISC: Italian Group for the Study of the, Colon; Rectum,. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - ELETTRONICO. - 33:8(2001), pp. 686-692.
Survival and causes of death in Italian patients with ulcerative colitis. A GISC nationwide study
D'ARIENZO, AGESILAO;
2001
Abstract
Death rate for patients with ulcerative colitis has changed over last few decades. Recent studies indicate that cumulative long-term mortality is comparable to that in general population, and that deaths may depend on causes not strictly related to colonic disease. To evaluate overall and cause-specific mortality rate in a large group of Italian patients with ulcerative colitis. A total of 2,066 ulcerative colitis patients aged >18 years consecutively diagnosed in twenty Italian Gastroenterology Units between 1964 and 1995 were followed-up from diagnosis until 1997. Standardised Mortality Ratios and Relative Survival Ratios were calculated.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
