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. 2016 Sep 28;22(36):8219–8225. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i36.8219

Table 2.

Disease and treatment characteristics n (%)

Characteristics Value
Diagnosis
CD 776 (58.6)
UC 496 (37.5)
IBD-U 48 (3.6)
Unknown 4 (0.3)
Age at diagnosis Mean 25 yr
Median 24 yr
Duration of disease Mean 8.5 yr
Median 7 yr
Hospital admissions
Yes 923 (69.3)
No 401 (30.3)
Median 2 admissions
Bowel resection surgery
Yes 437 (32.3)
No 897 (67.7)
Median 2 resections
5-ASA medication
Current 615 (46.4)
Previous 521 (39.4)
Never 188 (14.2)
Corticosteroids
Current 175 (13.2)
Previous 948 (71.6)
Never 201 (15.2)
Immunomodulators
Current 597 (45.1)
Previous 368 (27.7)
Never 359 (27.2)
Anti-TNF agents
Current 280 (21.1)
Previous 196 (14.8)
Never 848 (64.1)

CD: Crohn’s disease; IBD-U: Inflammatory bowel disease-unclassified; UC: Ulcerative colitis; TNF: Tumor necrosis factor.