In the present study, researchers sought to examine connections between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and acute cardiovascular events. Propensity scores were determined for all 15,292 patients (0.39%) with IBD to put together a 1:1 matched cohort balanced for age, gender, race and known cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and smoking (current and former). The combined outcome for myocardial infarction or cardiovascular mortality was seen in 2.3% and 2.1% from IBD and non-IBD groups, respectively. Hazard ratios for cardiovascular mortality, myocardial infarction and unstable angina were 1.04, 1.05 and 1.10, respectively. Relative to the matched cohort, the incidence of acute coronary events among IBD patients did not display a statistically significant difference. Source
