Demography and clinical course of ulcerative colitis in Arabs - a study based on the Montreal classification.

Objective: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is generally considered a disease of the Caucasian populations in developed countries, but its incidence is increasing rapidly in many developing countries, including the Middle East. The objective of this study was to determine the clinical epidemiology of UC in Arabs.

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional medical record-based descriptive study collected sociodemographic and clinical information on 182 Arab patients with UC in Kuwait.

Rheumatic complications of inflammatory bowel disease among Arabs: a hospital-based study in Kuwait.

Aim: To investigate the rheumatic complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Arab patients in relation to the clinical manifestations of IBD using the Montréal classification system in a hospital-based population in Kuwait.

Method: A cohort of 130 consecutive patients with IBD, either ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) attending gastroenterology and rheumatology clinics of Kuwait University hospital from January to December 2010 were recruited. IBD diagnosis, classification, and the rheumatologic characteristics of patients were assessed and noted on a pro forma.

Antibodies to mutated citrullinated vimentin and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease and related arthritis.

Background: Antibodies that react with citrullinated proteins (anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin [anti-MCV] and second-generation anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies [anti-CCP2]) are markers for rheumatoid arthritis. Recent studies have demonstrated that these antibodies are present in other arthropathies including the spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) takes various forms, with some shared similarities with classic spondylarthropathies.

Clinical epidemiology of Crohn's disease in Arabs based on the Montreal Classification.

Background: There has been a remarkable increase in the incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) among Arabs in recent years. We conducted this study to determine the clinical epidemiology of CD in Kuwait.

Methods: Sociodemographic and clinical information was collected for a continuous series of 206 Arab patients with CD and age at diagnosis and location and behavior of disease was determined according to the Montreal Classification.