The study includes more than 17,000 persons with IBD and more than 85,000 matched reference individuals in a nationwide temporal-trend analysis of the relationship between IBD and SpA.

It shows that IBD and SpA are associated with each other 8 years preceding and following a diagnosis with IBD - with highest risk for persons affected by Crohn’s Disease and axial SpA.

This temporal understanding will hopefully benefit patients in future as it helps to select clinical strategies that improve early diagnosis and treatment of both IBD and SpA.

Authors

Manasi Agrawal
Christian Sørensen
Gry Poulsen
Bahar Moghaddam
Percio S. Gulko
Jean-Frederic Colombel
Tine Jess