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Table 1 Characteristic of included studies. IBD: Inflammatory Bowell Disease, CD: Crohn Disease, UC: ulcerative colitis, COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, U.K: United Kingdom; N.R: non-reported

From: Association between inflammatory bowel disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Country

Cohort Size

Study design (prospective/retrospective)

Mean IBD, (Age)

Male, (%)

Tobacco

Included diseases

Raj A.

2008

U. K

2.192

Retrospective

CD: 60; UC: 61

CD: 46; UC: 41

CD: 23% current and 46% former.

UC: 5% current and 50% former

Asthma; COPD; Chronic cough; Bronchiectasis; Chronic bronchitis

Brassard P.

2014

Canada

280.082

Retrospective

Ages broken up by range

CD: 69; UC: 72

N. R

Asthma; COPD

Ekbom A.

2008

Sweden

180.239

Retrospective

Ages broken up by range

N. R

N. R

COPD

Kang E.

2018

South Korea

20.042

Retrospective

N. R

N. R

N. R

COPD