A paper titled “Statin Use is Associated with Lower Rates of Stricture Development in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: A Propensity Score-Matched Study of Two Nationwide Population Databases” was published in the journal of Crohn’s and Colitis by authors Abhishek Dimopoulos-Verma, Chiraag Kulkarni, William Pike, Saurabh Gombar, Dhweeja Dasarathy, Florian Rieder, and Sidhartha R Sinha. The authors are affiliated with Stanford University, Cleveland Clinic, and Atropos Health.
Short summary: Intestinal stricture is a common and clinically significant complication of Crohn’s disease, often contributing to substantial morbidity. In this retrospective cohort study, the authors investigate the association between statin use and the development of new intestinal strictures in patients with Crohn’s disease.