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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2020 Nov 21;160(4):1131–1139. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.11.038

Table 1:

Characteristics of entire cohort by drug exposure class

Variable Overall (n=1490) None (n=379) Biologics * (n=642) Thiopurine# (n=242) Combination** (n=227) p
Maternal Age at Delivery in Years [mean (SD)] 32.0 (4.6) 32.5 (4.6) 31.8 (4.5) 31.9 (4.7) 31.6 (4.5) 0.07
Total Pregnancies, including current [mean (SD)] 2.1 (13) 2.2 (1.3) 2.1 (1.3) 2.1 (1.4) 2.0 (1.2) 0.18
Disease Duration [median years (IQR)] 8.3 (4.4, 13.0) 7.1(2.9, 12.6) 8.7 (4.8, 13.3) 8.5 (4.7, 12.4) 8.7 (5.4, 13.6) 0.001
Body Mass Index^ [mean (SD)] 24.9 (4.8) 24.9 (4.3) 25.0 (4.9) 24.2 (4.5) 25.2 (5.1) 0.46
Disease Status n (%) Crohn’s disease Ulcerative colitis IBD-unclassified 921 (62%)
535 (36%)
34 (2%)
147 (39%)
218 (58%)
14 (4%)
471 (74%)
137 (23%)
8 (1%)
137 (57)
98 (40)
7 (3)
123 (71)
47 (27)
3 (2)
<0.001
Smoking Status n (%) Current Former (prior to pregnancy) Never 23 (2%)
308 (22%)
1,057 (76%)
4 (1%)
75 (21%)
272 (77%)
11 (2%)
137 (23%)
451 (75%)
5 (2%)
57 (25%)
163 (72%)
3 (1%)
38 (18%)
169 (80%)
0.53
Alcohol Use n (%) Current Former (prior to pregnancy) Never 146 (11%)
855 (62%)
384 (28%)
28 (8%)
220 (63%)
103 (29%)
59 (10%)
381 (64%)
156 (26%)
22 (10%)
139 (61%)
65 (29%)
37 (18%)
115 (55%)
57 (27%)
0.02
Recreationa 1 Drug Use n (%) Current Former (prior to pregnancy) Never 1 (0.1%)
65 (5%)
1,321 (95%)
1 (0.3%)
22 (6%)
327 (93%)
0 (0%)
26 (4%)
573 (96%)
0 (0%)
10 (4%)
216 (96%)
0 (0%)
7 (3%)
202 (97%)
0.42
*

Biologics defined as anti-TNF, anti-integrin, anti-IL 12/23

#

Thiopurine (azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine)

**

Combination defined as biologic + thiopurine

^

Pre-pregnancy BMI as reported at intake