A Case-control Study on the Risk Factors for Ischemic Colitis
Tetsufumi Uchida, Masashi Matsushima1, Yasushi Orihashi
1Department of Internal Medicine (gastroenterology), Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. mmatsush@tokai.ac.jp.
Objective:
Ischemic colitis (IC) is a relatively common acute inflammation disorder of the intestine. It was considered to be a disorder of elderly people with risk factors for arteriosclerosis; however, a considerable number of young people with IC have been reported recently. We performed a case-control study to determine the risk factors for IC and compare the risk factors between elderly and non-elderly people.
Methods:
The study included 209 consecutive patients diagnosed with IC between December 2004 and March 2017 at Tokai University Hospital. The study also included 209 randomly selected controls in the same calendar year so as to match age and sex. Possible risk factors for IC were identified and compared between age groups.
Results:
The mean age of IC group was 64.9 with 60 males and 115 elderly patients aged 65 or more in each group. On multivariable conditional logistic regression analysis, drinking, abdominal surgery, hypertension, and malignant diseases were risk factors for IC in all ages. In non-elderly patients, only hypertension and laxative/enema use were significant factors, while in elderly, abdominal surgery, hypertension, COPD, malignant disease and antiplatelet drugs were significant.
Conclusion:
The risk factors in elderly people might be quite different from younger ones, while hypertension seemed to be a common risk in all ages.
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