Table 1.
Demographic data of patients with penetrating and non-penetrating Crohn’s disease (CD)
| Penetrating Crohn’s disease | Non-penetrating Crohn’s disease | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | 133 (56.8) | 101 (43.2) | |
| Age | 32.6 (±11.6) | 35.2 (±12.4) | NS |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 50 (37.6) | 54 (53.5) | |
| Male | 83 (62.4) | 47 (46.5) | p = 0.02 |
| BMI | 22 (±4.5) | 21.5 (±3.6) | NS |
| Age at CD diagnosis | 23 (10–56) | 25.5 (9–76) | NS |
| Smoking | 68 (52.7) | 50 (50.5) | NS |
| Azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine | 21 (15.8) | 23 (22.8) | NS |
| Corticosteroids | 28 (21.1) | 16 (15.8) | NS |
| Anti-TNF antibodies | 0 | 3 (3) | NS |
| Previous CD surgery | 16 (12) | 27 (26.7) | p = 0.004 |