Laura E Targownik, Natasha Bollegala, Vivian H Huang, Joseph W Windsor, M Ellen Kuenzig, Eric I Benchimol, Gilaad G Kaplan, Sanjay K Murthy, Alain Bitton, Charles N Bernstein, Jennifer L Jones, Kate Lee, Juan-Nicolás Peña-Sánchez, Noelle Rohatinsky, Sara Ghandeharian, Tal Davis, Jake Weinstein, James H B Im, Nazanin Jannati, Rabia Khan, Priscilla Matthews, Tyrel Jones May, Sahar Tabatabavakili, Rohit Jogendran, Elias Hazan, Mira Browne, Saketh Meka, Sonya Vukovic, Manisha Jogendran, Malini Hu, Jessica Amankwah Osei, Grace Y Wang, Tasbeen Akhtar Sheekha, Ghaida Dahlwi, Quinn Goddard, Julia Gorospe, Cyanne Nisbett, Shira Gertsman, James Sousa, Taylor Morganstein, Taylor Stocks, Ann Weber, Cynthia H Seow
Sex (the physical and physiologic effects resulting from having specific combinations of sex chromosomes) and gender (sex-associated behaviours, expectations, identities, and roles) significantly affect the course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the experience of living with IBD. Sex-influenced physiologic states, like puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and andropause/menopause may also impact and be impacted by IBD. While neither Crohn's disease nor ulcerative colitis is commonly considered sex-determined illnesses, the relative incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis between males and females varies over the life cycle...
September 2023: Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology