Presence of Comorbidities Associated with Severe Coronavirus Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Comorbidities increase the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization and mortality. As many comorbidities are common in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), we sought to investigate the effects of comorbidities in these patients on infection severity. To evaluate association between individual comorbidities and COVID-19 infection severity among patients with IBD. Data were obtained from SECURE-IBD, an international...