TABLE 3.
Medications in CD Patients According to Nutritional Status
| Medication | All CD Children, No. (%) | All CD Adults, No. (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undernutrition | Undernutrition | |||
| No (n = 151) | Yes (n = 28) | No (n = 233) | Yes (n = 41) | |
| Biologicals or steroids | 65 (43.0) | 22 (78.6)c | 133 (57.1) | 22 (53.7)a |
| Biologicals | 6 (4.0) | 1 (3.6) | 35 (15.0) | 1 (2.4) |
| Steroids+immunomodulators | 38 (25.2) | 14 (50.0) | 52 (22.3) | 10 (24.4) |
| Steroids only | 4 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 7 (3.0) | 3 (7.3) |
| Biologicals+steroids | 17 (11.3) | 7 (25.0) | 39 (16.7) | 8 (19.5) |
| Medication | Male CD Children, No. (%) | Male CD Adults, No. (%) | ||
| Undernutrition | Undernutrition | |||
| No (n = 92) | Yes (n = 13) | No (n = 119) | Yes (n = 22) | |
| Biologicals or steroids | 42 (45.6) | 9 (69.2) | 61 (51.2) | 14 (63.6) |
| Biologicals | 4 (4.3) | 1 (7.7) | 15 (12.6) | 0 (0) |
| Steroids+immunomodulators | 25 (27.2) | 4 (30.8) | 21 (17.6) | 8 (36.4) |
| Steroids only | 3 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 5 (4.2) | 1 (4.5) |
| Biologicals+steroids | 10 (10.9) | 4 (30.8) | 20 (16.8) | 5 (22.7) |
| Medication | Female CD Children, No. (%) | Female CD Adults, No. (%) | ||
| Undernutrition | Undernutrition | |||
| No (n = 59) | Yes (n = 15) | No (n = 112) | Yes (n = 21) | |
| Biologicals or steroids | 23 (39.0) | 13 (86.7) | 72 (64.3) | 8 (38.1)b |
| Biologicals | 2 (3.4) | 0 (0) | 20 (17.9) | 1 (4.8) |
| Steroids+immunomodulators | 13 (22.0) | 10 (66.7)a | 31 (27.7) | 2 (9.5)b |
| Steroids only | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.8) | 2 (9.5) |
| Biologicals+steroids | 7 (11.9) | 3 (20.0) | 19 (17.0) | 3 (14.3) |
Prevalence of CD patients on steroids and/or biological treatments according to their nutritional status.
a P < 0.05, bP < 0.01 vs children.
c P < 0.0008 vs well-nourished.