Associated Conditions for Chronic digestive diseases
Chronic digestive diseases as a risk factor:
Another type of associated condition is one for which Chronic digestive diseases
is itself a risk factor. The conditions for which Chronic digestive diseases is listed as a risk
factor includes:
About associated conditions for Chronic digestive diseases:
Associated conditions are those which appear
statistically related, but do not have
a clear cause or effect relationship.
Whereas the complications
are caused by Chronic digestive diseases,
and underlying causes
may be causes of Chronic digestive diseases,
the following list shows associated conditions
that simply appear with higher frequency in people
who have Chronic digestive diseases.
In some cases, there may be overlap
between this list and risk factors
for Chronic digestive diseases.
People with Chronic digestive diseases may be more likely to
get a condition on the list of associated conditions,
or the reverse may be true, or both.
Whether they are causes of, caused by, or simply
coincidentally related to Chronic digestive diseases
is not always clear.
For general information,
see Associated Condition Misdiagnosis.
