Open access
Sep 2026
The role of nutritional risk in inflammatory bowel disease: a serial mediation model through fecal calprotectin and depression leading to impaired quality of life
Background Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently face high nutritional risk, persistent intestinal inflammation, and a high prevalence of comorbid depression. Dysregulation of the gut–brain axis is hypothesized to mediate the association between nutritional status and quality of life (QOL). However,...
Jia-Mei Shen, Shi-Qi Xie, Yan Zhang et al.
· Frontiers in Nutrition · 0 citations