Influence of diabetes mellitus on inflammatory bowel disease course and treatment outcomes. A systematic review with meta-analysis

Giacomo Fuschillo, Valerio Celentano, Matteo Rottoli, Guido Sciaudone, Antonietta Gerarda Gravina, Raffaele Pellegrino, Raffaele Marfella, Marco Romano, Francesco Selvaggi, Gianluca Pellino*

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Abstract

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) may occur in IBD and influence the disease progression. Aim: To compare disease course and treatment outcomes in IBD patients with and without DM. Methods: This is a systematic review with meta-analysis comparing patients with IBD plus DM with patients with IBD only. Primary endpoints: need for surgery, IBD-related complications, hospitalizations, sepsis, mortality. Quality of life and costs were assessed. Results: Five studies with 71,216 patients (49.1% with DM) were included. Risk for IBD-related complications (OR=1.12, I2 98% p = 0.77), mortality (OR=1.52, I2 98% p = 0.37) and IBD-related surgery (OR=1.20, I2 81% p = 0.26) did not differ. Risk of IBD-related hospitalizations (OR=2.52, I2 0% p < 0.00001) and sepsis (OR=1.56, I2 88% p = 0.0003) was higher in the IBD+DM group. Risk of pneumonia and urinary tract infections was higher in the IBD+DM group (OR=1.72 and OR=1.93), while risk of C. Difficile infection did not differ (OR=1.22 I2 88% p = 0.37). Mean Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire score was lower in the IBD+DM group (38.9 vs. 47, p = 0.03). Mean health care costs per year were $10,598.2 vs $3747.3 (p < 0.001). Conclusion: DM might negatively affect the course of IBD by increasing the risk of hospitalization and infections, but not IBD-related complications and mortality.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages7
JournalDigestive and Liver Disease
Early online date1 Sept 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 1 Sept 2022

Keywords

  • Crohn's disease
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Ulcerative colitis

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