However, there is still a gap in life expectancy, health-adjusted life expectancy between those with and without inflammatory bowel disease<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 — Life expectancy has increased for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but there is still a gap in life expectancy for those with and without IBD, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in CMAJ<\/em>, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association.<\/p>\n In an effort to examine trends in life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy in people with and without IBD, M. Ellen Kuenzig, Ph.D., from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of population-level health administrative, demographic, and health survey data.<\/p>\n The researchers observed an increase in life expectancy in patients with IBD between 1996 and 2011 (from 75.5 to 78.4 years for women; from 72.2 to 75.5 years for men). Health-adjusted life expectancy decreased among men by 3.9 years between 1996 and 2008. Among women with IBD, there was no statistically significant change seen in health-adjusted life expectancy. Compared with those without IBD, those with IBD had lower life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy. In people with and without IBD, differences in life expectancy varied from 6.6 to 8.1 years for women and from 5.0 to 6.1 years for men; differences in health-adjusted life expectancy varied from 9.5 to 13.5 years for women and from 2.6 to 6.7 years for men.<\/p>\n “We found that the gap in health-adjusted life expectancy between those with and without IBD was large when evaluating both general well-being and the effect of pain,” the authors write.<\/p>\n Abstract\/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/i><\/p>\n