“The incidence of thrombotic events is three-fold to four-fold higher in patients with IBD compared with patients without IBD,” notes Alfred D. Nelson, MD.
However, while some research from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS)—the most extensive publicly available all-payer inpatient database in the United States—has assessed this association, stratification for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in bigger studies is limited, according to the study results.