Table 3.

Long term effect of mode of childbirth on disease activity

	Inactive luminal disease prior to pregnancy n = 93		Active luminal disease prior to pregnancy n = 21
Mode of childbirth	Vaginal delivery n (%)	Caesarean section n (%)	Vaginal delivery n (%)	Caesarean section n (%)
	64 (69)	29 (31)	13 (62)	8 (38)
Progression Crohn's disease ≤ 2 years post partum:	30 (47)	13 (45)	12 (92)	7 (88)
- Yes	30 (47)	14 (48)	1 (8)	1 (12)
- No	4 (6)	2 (7)	0 (0)	0 (0)
- Not applicable†

† Delivery less than one year ago or data missing