Risk Factors for Worsening of Bone Loss in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Figure 1

Flowchart of the current study. 639 patients newly diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease were included in the cross-sectional study, 380 of which completed follow-up DXA and subsequently included in the longitudinal study. Abbreviations: CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: ulcerative colitis; DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.