Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data n (%)
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Initial medical therapy (n = 115) |
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| Clinical details | Early surgery (n = 42) | IMT (n =115) | P value | DS (n = 62)1 | P value |
| Gender M:F | 22:20 | 50:65 | 0.531 | 24:38:00 | 0.227 |
| Age at diagnosis (yr), median (IQR) | 34.5 (24-46) | 24 (19-33) | 0.0001 | 23.5 (18.25-31.75) | 0.006 |
| Smoking | 15 (35.7) | 43 (37.4) | 0.852 | 25 (40.3) | 0.685 |
| Phenotype | |||||
| B1 (non-stricturing) | 3 (7.1) | 38 (36.2) | 0.001 | 4 (6.5) | 0.968 |
| B2 (stricturing) | 17 (40.5) | 26 (24.8) | 24 (38.7) | ||
| B3 (penetrating) | 22 (52.4) | 41 (39.0) | 34 (54.8) | ||
| Location | |||||
| L1 (ileal) | 28 (66.7) | 25 (24.5) | 0.0001 | 17 (26.3) | 0.0001 |
| Perianal disease | 0 | 6 (5.2) | 3 (4.8) | ||
| L3 (ileocolonic) | |||||
| Perianal disease | 14 (33.3) | 74 (69.4) | 45 (70.2) | ||
| 5 (11.9) | 40 (34.8) | 16 (25.8) | |||
1
Patients in the DS group are a subset of IMT patients. IMT: Initial medical therapy; DS: Deferred surgery; IQR: Interquartile range; M: Male; F: Female.