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Tracking Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Colitis

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol; 2017 Nov; Mansoor, et al

Publish date:: November 16, 2017

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EoGE) is more common than eosinophilic colitis (EoC), according to a large-scale epidemiological study that included almost 36 million individuals. Among the findings:

Investigators from Case Western Reserve University used data from a commercial database to locate adult and pediatric patients with both disorders from 2012 to 2017.
The prevalence rate of EoGE was 5.1/100,000.
The prevalence rate for EoC was 2.1/100,000.
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis was more common in children aged <18 years than in adults.
Eosinophilic colitis was more common in adults.

Citation:

Mansoor E, Saleh MS, Cooper GS. Prevalence of eosinophilic gastroenteritis and colitis in a population-based study, from 2012 to 2017. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017;15:1733-1741. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2017.05.050.

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