Research Article

Usefulness of Endoscopic Indices in Determination of Disease Activity in Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Table 3

Characteristics of the studied CD patient group and control group, for which assessments were performed in clinical, endoscopic, and histological indexes.

VariableCD patientsControl group

Number of people evaluated7152
Age range18–7023–82
Average age34.5 ± 1349.3 ± 17.9
Gender, F/M (%)37/34 (52/48%)29/23 (56/44%)
BMI21.6 ± 3.525.0 ± 5.3
CDAI25–488 ± 108.6
 Remission: CDAI <15030 (42%)
 Mild: CDAI 150–21921 (30%)
 Moderate: CDAI 220–40016 (22%)
 Severe: CDAI >4004 (6%)
Montreal Classification of CD [16]
 Age at diagnosis
  A1: <17 years old8
  A2: between 18 and 40 years old50
  A3: above 40 years old13
 Location
  L1: ileal8
  L2: colonic19
  L3: ileocolonic44
  L4: isolated upper GI disease1
 Behavior
  B1: nonstricturing, nonpenetrating13
  B2: stricturing25
  B3: penetrating33
  p: perianal disease modifier10
Past surgeries
 Appendectomy7
 Partial resection of small intestine14
 Partial resection of the colon12
 Fistula operations12
 Presence of abscess5
 Presence of anal fissure3