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. 2024 Feb 28;31(1):28–36. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izae032

Table 1.

Description of new indicators of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (NIDA-IBD) cohort who were followed prospectively for 24 months.

All IBD (n = 171) CD (n = 99) UC (n = 72)
Median Age (IQR, years) 46 (36-59) 44 (34-57) 48 (40-63)
Female participants (%) 90 (52.6) 52 (52.5) 38 (52.8)
Median time since IBD diagnosis (range, years) 13.0 (5.0-22.0) 13.0 (6.0-21.0) 11.5 (4.0-23.5)
European ethnicity (%) 168 (98.2) 99 (100) 69 (95.8)
Montreal Classification of IBD(%)
A1 7 (7) 0 (0)
A2 74 (75) 19 (26)
A3 18 (18) 53 (74)
L1 17 (18)
L2 21 (21)
L3 61 (62)
B1 59 (60)
B2 20 (20)
B3 20 (20)
Perianal disease 17 (17)
E1 6 (8.3)
E2 33 (45.8)
E3 33 (45.8)
Baseline corticosteroid use for IBD 28 (16.4) 12 (12.1) 16 (22.2)
Corticosteroid use in the last year for IBD 59 (34.5) 33 (33.3) 26 (36.1)
Baseline immunomodulator use for IBD 67 (39.2) 41 (41.4) 26 (36.1)
Baseline use of biological agents for IBD 37 (21.6) 27 (27.3) 10 (13.9)
History of depression 17 (9.9) 13 (13.1) 4 (5.6)
History of anxiety 13 (7.6) 10 (10.1) 3 (4.2)
History of concurrent irritable bowel syndrome 11 (6.4) 8 (8.1) 3 (4.2)
Endoscopically active IBD (SES-CD >2, UCEIS ≥2, %) 97 (56.7) 62 (62.6) 35 (48.6)
Endoscopically inactive/mildly active IBD (SES-CD <7, UCEIS<5, %) 130 (76.0) 71 (71.7) 59 (81.9)
Active symptoms at baseline
(HBI >4, SCCAI >5; %)
96 (56.1) 60 (60.6) 36 (20.9)
Median fecal calprotectin (IQR, µg/g) 132.7 (46.2-523.1) 120.0 (46.2-353.5) 146.1 (45.2-853.1)
Median fecal myeloperoxidase (IQR, µg/g) 11.01 (2.43-61.12) 10.40 (3.27-44.88) 15.57 (1.66-107.46)
Median IBDQ-32 (IQR) 169.0 (136.0-196.0) 165.0 (132.0-195.0) 177.0 (138.3-200.8)
Clinical relapse requiring biological/immunomodulator escalation at 24 months (%) 45 (26.3) 26 (26.3) 19 (26.4)
Recurrent corticosteroid use at 24 months (%) 25 (14.6) 12 (12.1) 13 (18.1)
IBD related hospitalization at 24 months (%) 23 (13.5) 16 (16.2) 7 (9.7)
IBD related surgery at 24 months (%) 17 (9.9) 12 (12.1) 5 (6.9)
Complicated IBD course 24 months (%) 71 (41.5) 45 (45.5) 26 (36.1)

Abbreviations: IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; CD, Crohn’s disease; UC, ulcerative colitis; Immunomodulator, thiopurine or methotrexate; SES-CD, simple endoscopic score for CD; UCEIS, ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity; HBI, Harvey-Bradshaw Index; CDAI, Crohn’s disease activity index; SCCAI, simple clinical colitis activity index; IBDQ-32, inflammatory bowel diseases questionnaire