Table 1.
Patients (n = 57) | |
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Age at diagnosis, median (IQR), years | 29 (19–36) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Female | 32 (56.1) |
Male | 25 (43.9) |
Crohn’s disease, n (%) | 40 (70.2) |
Ulcerative colitis, n (%) | 17 (29.8) |
Smoking status, n (%) | |
Never smoker | 33 (57.9) |
Former smoker | 16 (28.1) |
Current smoker | 8 (14.0) |
Concomitant IBD-related medication, n (%) | |
None | 21 (36.8) |
Azathioprine | 19 (33.3) |
Steroids | 9 (15.8) |
Methotrexate | 3 (5.3) |
Oral 5-aminosalicylates | 5 (8.8) |
Time under biological therapy, median (min–max), months | 6 (1–20) |
IFX mg/kg, median (min–max) | 6 (5–10) |
Number of IFX received, median (min–max) | 3 (0–12) |
Dose intervals, median (min–max) | 7 (5–8) |
Dose optimization, n (%) | |
No | 47 (82.5) |
Yes | 10 (17.5) |
Albumin g/l, median (min–max) | 41.9 (29.3–66.4) |
IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IFX, infliximab, IQR, interquartile range; n, number of patients.