PWE-031 How Long is The Pre-Clinical Phase of Crohn’s Disease: Clues from Adult Height Measurements

Introduction

Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohns disease more than ulcerative colitis) is known to affect growth and final adult height when diagnosed before the end of puberty. Onset after the growth period has stopped would not be expected to have an effect on peak adult height unless there were pre-clinical changes in host physiology pre-dating the onset of disease. This question has never been addressed. Adult height progressively...