Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of nine patients with stricturing ileal CD from which intestinal resection specimens were used across immunohistochemistry and miRNA expression analysis studies
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 3 (33.3) |
| Female | 6 (66.7) |
| Median age at resection (IQR) (y) | 33.8 (20) |
| Median disease duration at resection (IQR) (y) | 10.5 (8) |
| Previous surgery | |
| Yes | 4 (44.4) |
| No | 5 (55.6) |
| Smoking | |
| Current | 1 (11.1) |
| Previous | 4 (44.4) |
| Never | 4 (44.4) |
| Disease location | |
| Ileal | 5 (55.6) |
| Colonic | 0 (0.0) |
| Ileocolonic | 4 (44.4) |
| Upper GI | 0 (0.0) |
| Disease behaviour | |
| Inflammatory | 0 (0.0) |
| Stricturing | 9 (100.0) |
| Fistulating | 0 (0.0) |
| Oral 5ASA Treatmenta | |
| Yes | 3 (33.3) |
| No | 6 (66.7) |
| Oral steroid treatmenta | |
| Yes | 6 (66.7) |
| No | 3 (33.3) |
| Thiopurine treatmenta | |
| Yes | 2 (22.2) |
| No | 7 (77.8) |
| Methotrexate treatmenta | |
| Yes | 1 (11.1) |
| No | 8 (88.9) |
| Infliximab treatmenta | |
| Yes | 1 (11.1) |
| No | 8 (88.9) |
| Adalimumab treatmenta | |
| Yes | 1 (11.1) |
| No | 8 (88.9) |
| Mean Hb (SD) (g/L) | 129.0 (18.8) |
| Mean WCC (SD) (×109/L) | 8.2 (3.7) |
| Mean CRP (SD) (mg/L) | 15.6 (11.8) |
| Mean albumin (SD) (g/L) | 38.8 (9.5) |
Unless otherwise stated values represent total numbers, with values in parentheses representing percentage.
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; g, grams; mg, milligrams; L, litre.
a
Treatment was either current or within the previous 3 mo of surgery.