在過去十年來，台灣炎症性腸道疾病盛行率上升五倍以上，主要可能跟西化的飲食習慣及生活型態密切相關。由於有完整的健保登錄系統與健保有條件給付生物製劑的治療，讓台灣在炎症性腸道疾病流行病學、診斷、共病症、治療及預後評估的研究上多有著墨。包含相關研究發現炎症性腸道疾病與巴金森氏症、冠心病、缺血性腦梗阻、周邊血管栓塞等疾病的關聯等等，可以為華人炎症性腸道疾病的研究做出貢獻。 In last decade, the prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease increased more than five times in Taiwan. It may be related to western style food and life. Because we have Taiwan’s Health Insurance Research Database and complete therapeutic options, including reimbursed biologics in specific conditions, there are more and more researches regarding of epidemiology, diagnosis, comorbidities, treatment and outcome prediction. We confirmed the relationship between inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease, coronary arterial disease, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial obstructive disease, and etc. These study results provided valuable data in Chinese population.