Clinical characteristics (phenotype) of an Australian Crohn’s disease population
| Clinical characteristic | No. in CD population | |
|---|---|---|
| *Disease behaviour available for 268 patients. †Smoking data available for 287 patients. All clinical data were obtained from the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) patient database containing patients who were recruited from the Brisbane region. Ethics approval and informed consent were obtained from all participants. | ||
| Total | 304 | |
| Women:men | 192:112 | |
| Mean age now (years) | 40.9 | |
| Mean age at diagnosis (years) | 28.4 | |
| Mean disease duration (years) | 12.5 | |
| Familial:sporadic | 93:211 | |
| Location | ||
| Ileal/ileocaecal | 134 | |
| Colonic | 53 | |
| Ileal and colonic | 112 | |
| Perianal alone | 4 | |
| Disease behaviour* | ||
| Stricturing | 75 | |
| Penetrating | 107 | |
| Inflammatory | 86 | |
| Ever stricturing | 123 | |
| Never stricturing | 145 | |
| Immunosuppressive therapy | 179 | |
| Any Crohn’s-related surgery | 236 | |
| Bowel resection | 207 | |
| Granulomas | 150 of 253 | |
| Smoking habit at diagnosis† (%): | ||
| Never | 118 (41) | |
| Current | 146 (51) | |
| Ex-smoker | 23 (8) | |