Socio-demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis at a Tertiary Care Centre in Nepal

Abstract

introduction PoUlcerative colitis (Uc), a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology involving the colonic mucosa, has been increasing in asian countries over the last few decades. epidemiological studies from Japan and Korea have shown that the temporal trend in the incidences of iBD in these regions is related to lifestyle changes and other environmental factors due to rapid urbanization and industrialization.1,2 a population based study among indian migrants to the United States found a high prevalence of ulcerative colitis, which also support the role of lifestyle and environmental factors.3 in india, a population based study in Punjab reported a crude incidence rate of 6.02 cases abstract