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. 2024 Oct 3;14:22967. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73817-7

Table 2.

Treatment characteristics of all patients and stratified based on IBD subtype.

All patients
n = 191
UC
n = 58
CD
n = 109
IBDU
n = 24
p-values*
Any treatment 124 (64.9) 50 (86.2) 66 (60.6) 8 (33.3) 0.001
Oral mesalamine, n (%) 93 (48.7) 35 (60.3) 51 (46.8) 7 (29.2) 0.10
Rectal mesalamine, n (%) 34 (17.8) 25 (43.1) 5 (4.6) 4 (16.7) 1.87* 10 − 7
Steroids, n (%) 35 (18.3) 10 (17.2) 23 (21.1) 2 (8.3) 0.55
Azathioprine, n (%) 13 (6.8) 4 (6.9) 9 (8.3) 0 (0) 0.76
Methotrexate, n (%) 5 (2.6) 2 (3.4) 3 (2.8) 0 (0) 0.80
Biologics, n (%) 34 (17.8) 10 (17.2) 23 (21.1) 1 (4.2) 0.55
Surgical intervention, n (%) 4 (2.1) 1 (1.7) 3 (2.8) 0 (0) 0.68

*p-values demonstrate comparison between UC and CD.

UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn’s disease; IBDU, Inflammatory Bowel Disease unclassified.