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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Beverage Consumption and Ulcerative Colitis: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia.

Anas Almofarreh, Haytham A Sheerah, Ahmed Arafa, Shaik Shaffi Ahamed, Osama Alzeer, Weiam Al-Hunaishi, Mohamed Ma Mhimed, Ali Al-Hazmi, Sin How Lim

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Anas AlmofarrehDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Haytham A SheerahHealth Promotion and Health Education Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed ArafaPublic Health, Department of Social Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3335-2243
Shaik Shaffi AhamedDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6089-2627
Osama AlzeerHealth Promotion and Health Education Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Weiam Al-HunaishiDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5230-3754
Mohamed Ma MhimedCell and Tissue Culture Department, Libyan Center for Biotechnology Research, Tripoli 30313, Libya.
Ali Al-HazmiHealth Promotion and Health Education Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Sin How LimDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
King Saud University · SAUniversity of Malaya · MYBeni-Suef University · EGUniversity of Tripoli · LY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association between beverage intake and ulcerative colitis (UC) is not well-established, with no available data from Arab countries. Herein, we investigated the potential association of consuming coffee, tea, and carbonated soft drinks with UC among a population from Saudi Arabia.

methodsThis hospital-based case-control study used data of 171 newly diagnosed UC patients and 400 patients with other gastrointestinal conditions who served as controls. All UC cases were ascertained by endoscopy, while beverage intake was assessed by a questionnaire that was completed before diagnosis. We computed odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of UC and UC extension for frequent versus infrequent intakes of coffee, tea, and carbonated soft drinks using logistic regression.

resultsOverall, 23.4% of UC patients had pancolitis, 21.1% extensive, 51.4% left-sided, and 4.1% proctitis. UC patients had a similar sex distribution to the controls but were older and had a lower BMI. After adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and smoking history, frequent intakes of coffee and tea were associated with lower odds of UC: 0.62 (0.42, 0.91) and 0.53 (0.35, 0.79), respectively. On the other hand, frequent intakes of carbonated soft drinks were associated with increased odds of UC: 9.82 (6.12, 15.76). The frequency of beverage consumption was not associated with UC extension.

conclusionUC was negatively associated with frequent coffee and tea consumption but positively associated with frequent carbonated soft drink intake in Saudi people. More population-based prospective cohort studies are needed to confirm our findings.

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Colitis, UlcerativeBeveragesCarbonated BeveragesCase-Control StudiesCoffeeHumansProspective StudiesSaudi ArabiaTeaCoffeeTeacarbonated soft drinkscase-control studycoffeeSaudi Arabiateaulcerative colitis

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