Risk of irritable bowel syndrome in first-degree, second-degree and thirddegree relatives of affected individuals: a nationwide family study in Sweden.

Summary, in English

IBS aggregates in families, but the familial risk of IBS has only been determined in first-degree relatives and spouses. This nationwide study aimed to determine the familial risk of IBS in first-degree, second-degree, and third-degree relatives and spouses of affected individuals in order to estimate the relative influences of genes and shared family environment.

• Författare: Rasmus Waehrens; Henrik Ohlsson; Jan Sundquist; Kristina Sundquist; Bengt Zöller
• Avdelning/ar: Allmänmedicin och klinisk epidemiologi; Allmänmedicin, kardiovaskulär epidemiologi och levnadsvanor; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publiceringsår: 2015
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 215-221
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Gut
• Volym: 64
• Issue: 2
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24694578?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305705
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: BMJ Publishing Group
• Ämne: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1468-3288