24 HIGHER BODY MASS INDEX IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF TREATMENT FAILURE AND SURGERY IN BIOLOGIC-TREATED PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS

Though pharmacokinetic studies suggest accelerated biologic drug clearance with increasing body weight, evidence of obesity’s impact on clinical outcomes in biologic-treated patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) is inconsistent. Hence, we evaluated the impact of obesity on response to biologic therapy in UC patients.

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