Editing Ulcerative colitis (section)

===Mortality===
People with ulcerative colitis are at similar<ref name=Gamborg /> or perhaps slightly increased overall risk of [[death]] compared with the background population.<ref name="daSilva">{{cite journal | vauthors = da Silva BC, Lyra AC, Rocha R, Santana GO | title = Epidemiology, demographic characteristics and prognostic predictors of ulcerative colitis | journal = World Journal of Gastroenterology | volume = 20 | issue = 28 | pages = 9458–9467 | date = July 2014 | pmid = 25071340 | pmc = 4110577 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v20.i28.9458 | doi-access = free }}</ref> However, the distribution of causes-of-death differs from the general population.<ref name=Gamborg>{{cite journal | vauthors = Jess T, Gamborg M, Munkholm P, Sørensen TI | title = Overall and cause-specific mortality in ulcerative colitis: meta-analysis of population-based inception cohort studies | journal = The American Journal of Gastroenterology | volume = 102 | issue = 3 | pages = 609–617 | date = March 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01000.x | pmid = 17156150 | s2cid = 2086542 }}</ref> Specific risk factors may predict worse outcomes and a higher risk of mortality in people with ulcerative colitis, including ''C. difficile'' infection<ref name=ACG_Guidelines_2019 /> and [[cytomegalovirus infection]] (due to reactivation).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Nguyen M, Bradford K, Zhang X, Shih DQ | title = Cytomegalovirus Reactivation in Ulcerative Colitis Patients | journal = Ulcers | volume = 2011 | pages = 1–7 | date = January 2011 | pmid = 21731826 | pmc = 3124815 | doi = 10.1155/2011/282507 | doi-access = free }}</ref>