Re: Statistics on UC and Vegetarian vs Meat eaters?

> ... correlation between UC and a dietary factor?

Diet and inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study.

We conducted a population-based case-control study of inflammatory
bowel disease and dietary habits in Stockholm during 1984-1987. We
obtained retrospective information about food intake 5 years
previously by a postal questionnaire for 152 cases with Crohn's
disease, 145 cases with ulcerative colitis, and 305 controls. The
relative risk of Crohn's disease was increased for subjects who had a
high (55 gm or more per day) intake of sucrose (relative risk = 2.6,
95% confidence interval = 1.4-5.0) and was decreased for subjects who
had a high (15 gm or more per day) intake of fiber (relative risk =
0.5, 95% confidence interval = 0.3-0.9). The most striking finding was
an increased relative risk of both Crohn's disease and ulcerative
colitis associated with consumption of fast foods: the relative risk
associated with consumption of fast foods at least two times a week
was estimated at 3.4 (95% confidence interval = 1.3-9.3) for Crohn's
disease and 3.9 (95% confidence interval = 1.4-10.6) for ulcerative
colitis. Although coffee seemed to provide a protective effect for
both diseases, there are reasons to consider this finding an artifact.
PMID: 1313310