Table 1.
Demographic, disease, and admission characteristics of patients with IBD-related hospitalizations at MGH between July 2013 – April 2015
| Characteristic | Year 1 (General gastroenterology care) (n= 196) | Year 2 (Specialized IBD care) (n= 212) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||
| Mean age (SD) (in years) | 41.4 (17.9) | 39.6 (17.1) | 0.30 |
| Male | 53 | 48 | 0.32 |
| Smoking | |||
| Never | 58 | 59 | 0.45 |
| Current | 12 | 16 | |
| Former | 30 | 25 | |
| Source of Admission | |||
| Emergency department | 74 | 63 | 0.004* |
| Outpatient clinic | 12 | 25 | |
| Transfer from another hospital | 14 | 12 | |
| Previous IBD-related | |||
| hospitalization | 91 | 87 | 0.17 |
| Previous IBD-related surgery | 42 | 47 | 0.25 |
| Age of Diagnosis (in years) | |||
| ≤16 | 21 | 21 | 0.57 |
| 17–40 | 55 | 60 | |
| >40 | 24 | 20 | |
| Disease Characteristics | |||
| Type of IBD | |||
| Crohn’s Disease | 67 | 66 | 0.79 |
| Ulcerative Colitis | 33 | 34 | |
| Disease Location (CD) | |||
| Ileal | 14 | 18 | 0.22 |
| Colonic | 20 | 13 | |
| Ileocolonic | 66 | 69 | |
| Upper GI involvement (CD) | 12 | 10 | 0.63 |
| Disease Behavior (CD) | |||
| Inflammatory | 22 | 17 | 0.57 |
| Stricturing | 23 | 25 | |
| Penetrating | 55 | 58 | |
| Perianal involvement (CD) | 36 | 45 | 0.15 |
| Disease Extent (UC) | |||
| Left-sided colitis | 38 | 25 | 0.05* |
| Pancolitis | 63 | 75 | |
| Past Medications (%) | |||
| 5-ASA | 67 | 62 | 0.37 |
| Immunomodulators | 57 | 59 | 0.70 |
| Biologics | 54 | 54 | 0.88 |
| Characteristics at Hospitalization | |||
| Current Medications | |||
| Immunomodulators | 19 | 27 | 0.09 |
| Biologics | 30 | 39 | 0.04* |
| Steroids | 45 | 45 | 0.94 |
| Admission Labs (Mean(SD)) | |||
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.6 (2.5) | 11.8 (2.3) | 0.36 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.6 (0.7) | 3.7 (0.6) | 0.21 |
| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/hr) | 38.7 (32.9) | 39.3 (28.1) | 0.86 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 53.8 (58.6) | 62.1 (61.5) | 0.22 |
All figures represent percentages unless indicated otherwise
SD – standard deviation; IBD – inflammatory bowel disease; CD – Crohn’s disease; UC – ulcerative colitis; 5-ASA – 5-aminosalicylic acid; g/dL – gram/deciliter; mm/hr – millimeter/hour; mg/L – milligram/liter
*
p ≤ 0.05