Bidirectional Association of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Large-scale Prospective Cohort Study.

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are 2 distinct diseases that share a similar pathophysiology; however, the association between the 2 diseases remains elusive. We aimed to investigate the bidirectional association between T2DM and IBD in a large prospective population cohort.