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Sandra M Quezada,1 Patricia Langenberg,2 Raymond K Cross1 1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Purpose: Smoking has a negative impact on disease activity in Crohn’s disease (CD). Smoking may also affect the quality of life, but this has not been evaluated using validated measures over time. We assessed the relationship between smoking and disease-specific quality of life over time in a tertiary referral inflammatory bowel disease cohort.Patients and methods: Retrospective cohort study from July 2004 to July 2009 in patients with CD identified from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Institutional Review Board-approved University of Maryland School of Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program database. Smoking status was classified as current, former, and never. Age was categorized as |
