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Ethnicity â Although Crohnâs disease can affect any ethnic group, Caucasians and people of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish descent have the highest risk. American Jewish people of European descent are four to five times more likely to develop IBD than the general population.
Studies have shown that Ashkenazi Jews â essentially those who trace their lineage to Europe, especially Germany â are more likely to develop Crohnâs disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, than Caucasians or Jews of other national origins, due to a gene mutation.shkenazi Jews are also more likely to develop familial inflammatory bowel disease than non-Jews, according to a 2008 journal study published in the Wiley Online Library.