Table 3.
Extraintestinal Manifestations in 470 Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Grouped by Body Mass Index Profile, at Reference Centers in Three States in Northeastern Brazil
| Extraintestinal Manifestations | Normal Weight n: 194; n (%) |
Underweight n: 42; n (%) |
Overweight n: 155; n (%) |
Obese n: 79; n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osteoarticular | Arthralgia | 46 (23.7) | 6 (14.3) | 35 (29.2) | 14 (17.7) |
| Arthritis | 25 (12.9) | 2 (4.8) | 27 (17.4) | 9 (11.4) | |
| Confirmed ankylosing spondylitis | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 5 (3.2) | 1 (1.3) | |
| Confirmed sacroiliitis | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | |
| Suspected peripheral spondyloarthritis (SPS) | 47 (24.2) | a4 (9.5) | 46 (29.7) | 28 (35.4) | |
| Suspected axial spondyloarthritis (SAS) | 35 (18) | 6 (14.3) | 27 (17.4) | b27 (34.2) | |
| Mucocutaneous | Pyoderma | 5 (2.6) | 3 (7.1) | 3 (1.9) | 3 (3.8) |
| Erythema nodosum | 1 (0.5) | 2 (4.8) | 4 (2.6) | 2 (2.5) | |
| Eyepieces | Episcleritis | 6 (3.1) | 1 (2.4) | 4 (2.6) | 4 (5.1) |
| Uveitis | 10 (5.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.9) | 2 (2.5) | |
| Hepatobiliary | Primary sclerosing cholangitis | 15 (7.7) | 1 (2.4) | 3 (1.9) | 2 (2.5) |
| Vascular | Deep vein thrombosis | 7 (5.0) | 1 (4.6) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
Note: ap = 0.044; bSAS Obese, p = 0.005. p < 0.05 was considered significant, versus the normal-weight group; SPS Underweight.