title: Comorbidity in inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be affected by other unrelated diseases. These are called comorbid conditions, and can include any secondary health problem that affects a person suffering from a primary or main disease, and which is neither linked physiopathologically to the primary condition, nor is it due to the treatments used for the primary condition or to its long-term anatomical or physiological consequences. Different comorbid conditions, as well as their influence on IBD, are discussed.
authors: Gastroenterology Ramón y Cajal Hospital, E28034 Madrid, Spain. alopez.hrc@salud.madrid.org
authors: Antonio López San
authors: AL
authors: Román
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors