Updated data on the epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Lebanon
Epidemiological data demonstrated a progressive increase in the incidence of IBD over this 20-year period, with a slight male predominance. Ileal involvement is predominant in CD, whereas involvement extending beyond the splenic flexure is present in more than half of UC cases.
Authors
- Antoine Geagea
- Antoine Abou Rached (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2449-0038)
- Charbel Yazbeck
- Christian Salameh
- Souheil Hallit
- Joyce Saniour
Institutions
- Applied Science Private University (JO)
- Lebanese University (LB)
- Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (LB)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Notre Dame des Secours (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340892
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00