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analysis included only the three most frequent mutations in
ber of patients. In addition, like most previous studies, our
The limitations of the present study include the small num-
may be offerred to populations at high risk.
guinity rate in the population. In addition, genetic counseling
high among the population), and minimization of the consan-
dietary changes, reduction in the rate of smoking (which is very
KEY WORDS:
Preventive intervention that has been suggested includes
ties are very important and could have an important impact.
incidence and prevalence in the future. Also, educational activi-
tors had led us to expect a continuation of the increase in IBD
19 years [1]. The compensation of these aforementioned fac-
young society, with 60% of the population younger than age
The Bedouin Arab population in southern Israel is a very
of the NOD2/CARD15 mutation in this specific population.
nutrition. However, as we expected, we found a high prevalence
with a Western lifestyle, particularly with regard to hygiene and
change of lifestyle, including urbanization and modernization
Bedouin Arab is increasing [2], which may be attributed to the
We have reported before that the incidence of IBD among
clinical characteristics of the UC patients.
sis, no other differences were found regarding demographic or
P = 0.06) in the UC cohort. In our genotype-phenotype analy-
cally non-significant (46.7 ± 16.1 years vs. 30.7 ± 12.7 years;
higher among mutation carriers by about 15 years, but statisti-
In a genotype-phenotype analysis, age at diagnosis was
reported frequency in different ethnic groups [12-14].
is a relatively high-frequency rate compared with previously
the NOD2/CARD15 mutation in three patients (12%), which
The present study included 25 patients with UC. We found
including disease location and behavior.
In our study, no association was found in other parameters,
previously [6-9].
carrier group (P = 0.005). This finding has not been reported
mutation carriers were male, compared to 41% in the non-
tionship. Our results showed that 100% of the NOD2/CARD15
An important finding of the present work is the gender rela-
Similar findings were reported in previous studies [8,9,16,18].
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riers compared to 28.82 ± 9.1 years in non-carriers (P = 0.04).
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ABSTRACT:
age on onset, with the age of 22.8 ± 4.5 years in mutation car-
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relationship between the NOD2/CARD15 mutation and early
[5-10]. Our results, in agreement with other studies, showed a
genotype correlations of NOD2/CARD15 in CD patients
There is a large number of reports regarding phenotype-
genetic investigation in the future.
population could be an interesting population for further
nuclear families; each includes four patients with IBD. This
3,4
In the current IBD Bedouin Arab cohort, there are two
explain the high prevalence of genetic disease [4].
to have a high rate of consanguinity marriage, which might
and no more than 13%. The Bedouin Arab population is known
of Israel, which showed a lower frequency of mutation carriage
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