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. 2020 Jul 2;12(7):1973. doi: 10.3390/nu12071973

Table 1.

The Montreal classification for Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) [9,10,11].

CD Classification UC Classification
Age at diagnosis A1:< 17 years Severity S0: remission, no symptoms
A2: 17–40 years S1: mild symptoms
A3: > 40 years S2: moderate symptoms
S3: severe symptoms
Location, endoscopic or macroscopic estimation L1: terminal ileal Extensity E1: ulcerative proctitis
L2: colon E2: left-sided UC; distal colitis
L3: ileocolon E3: extensive UC, pancolitis
L4: upper GI modifier: proximal disease with distal disease, such as L1 + L4, L2 + L4, L3 + L4)
Behavior over time B1: non-stricturing, non-penetrating
B2: stricturing
B3: penetrating
P: perianal disease modifiers, such as B1p, B2p, B3p