Table 2.

Use of medical or surgical therapy during the first two years since Crohn's disease diagnosis.

	Overall patients	EO (≤17 years)	LO (≥60 years)
	N = 160	N = 92	N = 68	p
Corticosteroids	89 (56%)	61 (66%)	28 (41%)	<0.005
Immunosuppressants	37 (23%)	25 (27%)	12 (18%)	0.2
Anti-TNF-α agents	17 (11%)	14 (15%)	3 (4%)	0.05
First surgery	50 (31%)	24 (26%)	26 (38%)	0.1
Second surgery	5 (3%)	3 (3%)	2 (3%)	0.9

TNF-α: tumour necrosis factor alpha.