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. 2016 Jul 8;5(2):270–275. doi: 10.1177/2050640616658218

Table 2.

Population characteristics and comparison to derivation population

Derivation set
Validation set
p value
UM (n = 1095) UM (n = 315) UPMC (n = 499) UM vs. derivation UPMC vs. derivation
Age 38.2 (±14.6) 37.7 (±14.2) 36.1 (±13.1) 0.63 <0.01
Female (%) 573 (52.3) 161 (51.1) 245 (49.1) 0.7 0.23
Race 0.08 0.25
 White 940 (85.8) 263 (83.5) 442 (88.6)
 Black 129 (11.8) 37 (11.8) 50 (10.0)
 Other 26 (2.4) 15 (4.8) 7 (1.4)
Steroid use 306 (28.0) 73 (23.2) 78 (15.6) 0.09 <0.01
Immunomodulator use 402 (36.7) 138 (43.8) 115 (23.1) 0.02 <0.01
Biologic use 232 (21.2) 103 (32.7) 155 (31.1) <0.01 <0.01
Ciprofloxacin use 77 (7.0) 23 (7.3) 35 (7.0) 0.87 0.99
Metronidazole use 85 (7.8) 23 (7.3) 38 (7.6) 0.79 0.92
Narcotic use 328 (30.0) 98 (31.1) 175 (35.1) 0.69 0.05
5-ASA use 413 (37.7) 67 (21.3) 70 (14.1) <0.01 <0.01
Admission 974 (89.0) 288 (91.4) 386 (77.4) 0.21 <0.01

UM: University of Michigan; UPMC: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; 5-ASA: 5-aminosalicylic acid.