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. 2018 Jul 10;2(3):e1–e34. doi: 10.1093/jcag/gwz019

Table 1.

Factors Associated With High Risk of Relapse, Surgery, or Complicated Luminal CD

Clinical factors Younger age
Smoking
Longer disease duration
Early use of corticosteroids
Presence of fistulizing perianal CD
Previous intestinal resection
Disease factors Disease location (rectal, upper GI, jejunal)
Disease extent
Laboratory factors Low hemoglobin
Low albumin
High C-reactive protein (CRP)
High fecal calprotectin levels
Endoscopic factors Presence of deep ulceration

CD, Crohn’s disease; GI, gastrointestinal.