Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of 524 perianal Crohn’s disease patients relating to type of perianal involvement
| Clinical Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Median duration from CD diagnosis to onset of pCD in years (range) | 3.3 (0.1–38.3) |
| Perianal abscess* | 128 (24.4) |
| Perianal fistulae* | 368 (70.6) |
| Recto-vaginal fistulae* | 56 (10.7) |
| Number of procedures for pCD | |
| 0 | 196 (37.6) |
| 1–2 | 284 (54.5) |
| ≥3 | 41 (7.8) |
pCD, perianal Crohn’s disease;
Patients could have had more than one perianal clinical characteristic.