Demographic and clinical characteristics of a six month cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients (n = 479) receiving care at a single centre
| Parameter | Ulcerative colitis | Crohn’s disease | Indeterminate colitis |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Severe category includes drug responsive, drug dependant, and drug refractory disease. | |||
| AS, ankylosing spondylitis; EN, erythema nodosum; Post-Sx remission, post surgical remission. | |||
| No of patients | |||
| Prevalent cases | 253 | 160 | 20 |
| Incident cases | 31 | 12 | 3 |
| Age (y) (mean (SD)) | 52 (17) | 46 (17) | 47 (18) |
| Sex (male n (%)) | 159 (56) | 71 (41) | 12 (52) |
| Extent of disease (n (%)) | Proctitis: 55 (19) | Ileal: 67 (39) | Left sided: 18 (78) |
| Left sided: 133 (47) | Colonic: 54 (31) | Pancolitis: 2 (9) | |
| Pancolitis: 79 (28) | Ileocolonic: 48 (28) | Unknown: 3 (13) | |
| Unknown: 17 (6) | Other: None | ||
| Unknown: 3 (2) | |||
| Extraintestinal complications (n (%)) | |||
| Sclerosing cholangitis | 4 (1.4) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Iritis/uveitis | 3 (1) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Sacroileitis/AS/arthritis | 3 (1) | 8 (4.6) | |
| Pyoderma/EN | 3 (1) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Max disease severity (n (%)) | |||
| Remission | 27 (9) | 12 (7) | 6 (26) |
| Mild | 163 (57) | 57 (33) | 14 (61) |
| Severe* | 80 (28) | 73 (42) | 3 (13) |
| Surgery | 7 (3) | 13 (8) | |
| Post-Sx remission | 7 (3) | 17 (10) | |
| Previous surgery (n (%)) | 7 (3) | 44 (28) | |
| Hospitalised (n (%)) | |||
| Without surgery | 28 (10) | 18 (10) | 1 (4) |
| With surgery | 7 (2.5) | 13 (7.5) | |