Blood
Blood cell mutations linked to inflammatory bowel disease in women
In the UK Biobank, women carrying these mutations had a 1.33-fold higher relative risk of inflammatory bowel disease than women without them.In the UK Biobank, women carrying these mutations had a 1.33-fold higher relative risk of inflammatory bowel disease than women without them.
Cohort · 426,609 peopleInflammation
Who was studied426,609 UK Biobank participants initially without inflammatory bowel disease
What changedWomen carrying blood cell mutations had a 1.33-fold higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease than women without them
The catchBowel inflammation can promote mutated blood cell expansion, so the causal direction may run backward