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. 2021 Apr 26;2021:6628142. doi: 10.1155/2021/6628142

Table 2.

Patients' characteristics and HBOT effect according to indication.

Characteristic pCD ECF PG P
Age (at CD onset)
Mean ± SD (years) 27.8 ± 10.1 26.1 ± 6.5 29.1 ± 9.2 0.87
Age (at HBOT)
Mean ± SD (years) 38.3 ± 13.7 37.2 ± 11.1 41.0 ± 12.8 0.83
CD duration
Mean ± SD (years) 10.5 ± 6.2 11.8 ± 5.7 11.8 ± 3.1 0.95
Duration of anti-TNF therapy
Mean ± SD (months) 42.8 ± 21.6 43.6 ± 16.8 36.1 ± 11.5 0.81
Number of HBOT sessions
Mean ± SD 29.9 ± 15.0 30.8 ± 21.5 29.3 ± 12.7 0.98
Complete healing rate
N (%) 20 (80.0) 11 (84.6) 6 (100.0) 0.38∗∗

pCD: perineal fistulizing Crohn's disease; ECF: enterocutaneous fistula; PG: pyoderma gangrenosum; CD: Crohn's disease; SD: standard deviation; HBOT: hyperbaric oxygen therapy. ANOVA test. ∗∗Pearson chi-square test.