Is Occupation a Risk Factor for Developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease? A Case-Control Study

Background and aims: The role of occupation is uncertain in the onset of inflammatory bowel diseases. The aim of this study is to identify if there is a role of occupation in these diseases. Materials and methods: A case-control study with incident cases with inflammatory bowel diseases was designed...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mauriz Barreiro, María Violeta, Ruano Raviña, Alberto, Ferreiro Iglesias, Rocio, Bastón Rey, Iria, Calviño Suárez, Cristina, Nieto Garcia, Laura, Porto-Silva, S., Martínez-Seara Vázquez, Xurxo Francisco, Domínguez-Munoz, J.E., Barreiro de Acosta, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS)
Repositorio:RUNA. Repositorio da Consellería de Sanidade e Sergas
OAI Identifier:oai:runa.sergas.gal:20.500.11940/21662
Acceso en línea:https://portalcientifico.sergas.gal//documentos/656c71ae29159508cf238634
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/21662
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:AS Ferrol
CHUF
AS Santiago
IDIS
CHUS
Descripción
Sumario:Background and aims: The role of occupation is uncertain in the onset of inflammatory bowel diseases. The aim of this study is to identify if there is a role of occupation in these diseases. Materials and methods: A case-control study with incident cases with inflammatory bowel diseases was designed. Cases and controls were recruited simultaneously and controls followed a sex and age frequency matching with cases. A detailed questionnaire was completed by all the participants. To analyze the results, a logistic regression was used. A subgroup analysis was performed for each inflammatory bowel disease. Results: A total of 141 patients with incident inflammatory bowel disease (80 ulcerative colitis, 55 Crohn's disease, and 6 unclassified colitis) and 114 controls were included. There were no statistically significant differences in type of work, working hours, contact with animals, or physical activity at work between inflammatory bowel disease patients and controls. After stratifying results according to type of IBD, there were no statistically significant differences either. Conclusions: There seems to be no risk for inflammatory bowel disease onset regarding the type of work, working hours, contact with animals, or sedentariness.