Characteristics and Long-Term Outcomes of Pregnancy-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case-Control Study
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently affects women during their reproductive years. The impact of pregnancy in patients with established IBD has been widely studied, the characteristics and outcomes of patients who develop a new diagnosis of IBD during pregnancy or the postpartum year (“pregnancy-onset”) are not well characterized. Pregnancy onset disease had a 4-fold increase in the risk of hospitalization. Patients with pregnancy-onset IBD more commonly develop ulcerative colitis and ha
