Epidemiological studies of migration and environmental risk factors in the inflammatory bowel diseases

Table 2 Summary of prevalence rates for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the Middle East stratified by geographical region

Country	Region	Crohn’s disease prevalence rate (/105)	Ulcerative colitis prevalence rate (/105)	Method	Study period	Ref.
Israel	Upper Galilee		44.58	Survey based study which included all cases in region	1986	Niv et al[51], 1990
	Tel Aviv Yafo	13.28		Prospective multicentre study including all hospitals and gastroenterology departments in region	1970-1980	Fireman et al[31], 1989
	Tel Aviv Yafo		55.16	Population-based study	1980	Grossman et al[32], 1989
	Tel Aviv Yafo		37.4	Survey based multicenter study with well defined catchment area	1970	Gilat et al[18], 1974
	Tel Aviv Yafo	12.31		Survey-based	1976	Rozen et al[33], 1979
	Southern Israel	50.60		Hospital and out-patient based, with complete case ascertainment	1992	Odes et al[47], 1994
	Southern Israel (Arab population)	3.20	9.8	Prospective cohort study, hospital and community clinic based	1990	Odes et al[62], 1991
	Kinneret Subdistrict	20.24		Hospital based serving a well-defined catchment area covering all IBD cases in district	1960-1990	Shapira et al[53], 1994
	Beer Sheva		70.6	Retrospective study, hospital based	1985	Odes et al[34],1987
	Beer Sheva	14		Population-based study	1980	Krawiec et al[36], 1984
	Beer Sheva	30	89.0	Retrospective and prospective cohort study, hospital and community clinic based	1987	Odes et al[38], 1989
	Kibbutz settlements	65.1		Community-based survey of physicians	1987-1997	Niv et al[54], 1999
	Kibbutz settlements		144.1	Community-based survey of physicians	1987-1997	Niv et al[55], 2000
	Kibbutz settlements		121.08	Community-based survey of physicians	1987	Niv et al[63], 1991
	Kibbutz settlements		168.3	Survey based, complete case ascertainment and large catchment area	1987-2007	Birkenfeld et al[66], 2009
	Kibbutz settlements	67.9		Survey based, complete case ascertainment and large catchment area	1987-2007	Zvidi et al[64], 2009
Lebanon	National	53.1	106.2	Population based study using a health-maintenance organisation based with large catchment area	2007	Abdul-Baki et al[56], 2007
Turkey	Trakya		4.9	Cross-sectional study, hospital based	2002	Tezel et al[58], 2003
Kuwait	National		41.7	Retrospective cohort study, tertiary referral centre based with large catchment area	1985-1999	Al-Shamali et al[60], 2003

IBD: Inflammatory bowel diseases