Table 4. Risk of development of intestinal stenoses and subsequent need for CD-related surgery with respect to smoking history in homozygous carriers of the minor C allele of p.Leu1007fsX1008.
CD patients with homozygosity for p.Leu1007fsX1008 and CD-related complications based on smoking status (n = 46) | ||||
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Stenoses | Surgery because of CD | |||
(n =) | (%) | (n =) | (%) | |
Smokers (n = 9) | 9 | 100.0 | 9 | 100.0 |
Ex-smokers (n = 8) | 8 | 100.0 | 7 | 87.5 |
Non-smokers (n = 29) | 23 | 79.3 | 18 | 62.1 |