TABLE 4.

Medication use in hospital and before admission in patients admitted with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) exacerbation and IBD primary discharge diagnosis

Medication	Medication use in hospital			Medication use before admission
	Age, years		P	Age, years		P
	>65 (n=62)	19–50 (n=76)		>65 (n=62)	19–50 (n=76)
Budesonide	2	1	1	3	4	1
Corticosteroids	77	74	0.69	53	62	0.39
Biologicals*	3	13	0.06	6	21	0.02
Mesalamine	53	29	0.005	61	43	0.04
Immunomodulators†	13	24	0.13	27	43	0.07
Immunosupressants‡	3	7	0.46	2	4	0.63
Biologicals and/or immunomodulators	16	33	0.03	29	47	0.03

Data presented as % unless otherwise indicated.

^*Includes adalimumab and infliximab;

^†Includes azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine and methotrexate;

^‡Includes cyclosporine and tacrolimus