Table 3.

Correlation of National Obesity Frequency with Either Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis Incidence Rates Are Shown

Obesity	Global	P	Europe	P	Asia	P
CD	0.50 [40]	0.0009	0.06 [20]	NS	−0.23 [12]	NS
UC	0.51 [39]	0.0008	0.26 [20]	NS	0.07 [12]	NS

NS, not significant.