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. 2017 Dec 19;24(1):45–53. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izx007

Table 2.

Patient Characteristics With IBD

All No Event (Hospitalization or Steroid Prescription) Had Event
N = 20,368 N = 16,480 N = 3888
Age, mean ± SD 59.1 ± 14.9 61.0 ± 14.1 53.2 ± 16.2
Male, No. (%) 19,003 (93.3) 15,417 (93.6) 3586 (92.2)
Race, No. (%) 14,443 (70.9) 11,636 (70.6) 2807 (72.2)
 Caucasian
 African American 1637 (8.0) 1215 (7.4) 422 (10.9)
 Other 356 (1.7) 271 (1.6) 85 (2.2)
 Unknown or missing 3932 (19.3) 3358 (20.4) 574 (14.8)
Disease type, No. (%) 7052 (34.6) 5667 (34.4) 1385 (35.6)
 Crohn’s disease
 Ulcerative colitis 10,762 (52.8) 9178 (55.7) 1584 (40.7)
 Indeterminate disease 2554 (12.5) 1635 (9.9) 919 (23.6)
Immunosuppressive medication use, No. (%) 3740 (18.4) 2036 (12.4) 1704 (43.8)
Nonevent visits per patient, median (IQR) 10 (2–21) 9 (4–18) 17 (7–35)
Follow-up time,
median (IQR), mo
67.5 (40.1–89.1) 67.28 (40.2–89.1) 66.7 (39.7–89.1)