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K R Nielsen

Publications -  33
Citations -  1414

K R Nielsen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 25 publications receiving 1088 citations.

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East–West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort

TL;DR: Whether an East–West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe exists is investigated to find out whether international guidelines for diagnosis and initial treatment are not being followed uniformly by physicians.
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Natural disease course of Crohn's disease during the first 5 years after diagnosis in a European population-based inception cohort: an Epi-IBD study.

TL;DR: Despite patients being treated early and frequently with immunomodulators and biological therapy in Western Europe, 5-year outcomes including surgery and phenotype progression in this cohort were comparable across Western and Eastern Europe.
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Natural Disease Course of Ulcerative Colitis during the First Five Years of Follow-up in a European Population-based Inception Cohort - An Epi-IBD Study

TL;DR: Patients in this population-based cohort of unselected patients with UC were treated more aggressively with immunomodulators and biological therapy than in cohorts from the previous two decades, but their disease outcomes, including colectomy rates, were no different.