Body Mass Index Is Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Jie Dong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Dong, Yi Chen

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Yi Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Dong, Yi Chen

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Yuchen Tang,

Affiliation Departments of Endocrinology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Fei Xu,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Chaohui Yu,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Youming Li,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Prasoon Pankaj,

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Ning Dai

* E-mail: ningdai2008@126.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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