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SUBMITTER: Wu CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031401 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Chin-Chia CC Hsu Ta-Wen TW Yeh Chia-Chou CC Lee Cheng-Hung CH Lin Mei-Chen MC Chang Chun-Ming CM
Scientific reports 20200219 1
Cardiometabolic disorders were discussed and might be changed by microbiota in recent years. Since the colon acts as the primary reservoir of microbiota, we designed the present study to explore the association between colectomy and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We identified a total of 18,424 patients who underwent colectomy between 2000-2012 for reasons other than colorectal cancer from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. Patients were matched with 18,424 patients withou ...[more]