BioMed Research International / 2016 / Article / Tab 2 / Review Article
Concomitant Thyroid Disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Literature Review Table 2 The reported prevalence of hypothyroidism in inflammatory bowel disease.
Authors (year) Type of IBD Prevalence in IBD Prevalence in general populations Reference Snook et al. (1989) UC 0.93% (8/858) 0.67% (2/300) [15 ] CD 0.53% (2/378) 0.67% (2/300) [15 ] Pooran et al. (2003) CD 3.8% (8/210) 8.3% (17/206) [23 ] Casella et al. (2008) UC 1.9% (3/162) 6.3% (360/5721) [5 ] Yakut et al. (2011) CD 0% (0/33) 0% (0/66) [24 ] Liu et al. (2013) CD 2.3% (1/44) — [19 ]
IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; UC: ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease. The prevalence was significantly higher in the general populations than in IBD patients.