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. 2013 Aug 14;19(30):4877–4886. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i30.4877

Table 3.

Treatments n (%)

Thiopurines (n = 429) No thiopurines (n = 383) P value
TPMT activity 283 (66) -
Low 5 (1.8) -
Intermediate 43 (15.2) -
High 235 (83) -
Azathioprine 341 (79.5) -
Mercaptopurine 60 (14) -
Azathioprine + Mercaptopurine 28 (6.5) -
Infliximab 112 (26.1) 7 (1.8) < 0.001
Adalimub 50 (11.7) 3 (0.8) < 0.001
Other immunosuppressants 29 (6.8) 4 (1) < 0.001

Patients (98.2%) treated with thiopurines have intermediate or high activity. Most of the patients treated with thiopurines take azathioprine. TPMT: Thiopurine S-methyltransferase.