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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014 Apr;20(4):606–613. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000003

TABLE 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Study Cohort

CD (n = 157) UC (n = 31) P
Male gender, n (%) 81 (52) 12 (39) 0.20
Median (IQR) age at diagnosis (yr) 11 (8–13) 12 (9–14) 0.80
Median (IQR) duration of disease at the time of IFX induction (mo) 11 (4–30) 17 (6–27) 0.45
Median (IQR) age at IFX induction (yr) 13 (10–15) 14 (10–15) 0.85
Primary indication for IFX, n (%)
 First line therapy 24 (15) 2 (6) 0.15
 Intolerant or failed immunomodulator 111 (71) 16 (52) 0.08
 Steroid refractory 22 (14) 13 (42) 0.0007
Immunomodulator use before IFX induction, n (%)
 Thiopurines 104 (66) 17 (55) 0.37
 MTX 3 (2) 0 0.42
Median (IQR) duration of immunomodulator before IFX induction (mo) 10.8 (6–24) 12.8 (7–19) 0.67
Immunomodulator at the time of IFX induction, n (%)
 None 55 (35) 20 (65) 0.007
 Thiopurines 33 (21) 9 (29) 0.22
 MTX 69 (44) 2 (6) 0.08
Steroid use during IFX induction, n (%) 57 (36) 20 (65) 0.004
Median (IQR) duration of disease at the last follow-up (mo) 60 (35–90) 47 (32–57) 0.04
Median (IQR) duration of IFX at the last follow-up (mo) 30 (17–51) 25 (15–34) 0.05