Table 5

 Clinical characteristics of Crohn’s disease patients in function of the amount of positive antibodies against gASCA, ALCA, ACCA, AMCA and Omp

No. of antibodies against tested microbial antigensp trendOR (95% CI) of O vs 4/5
0 (n  =  164) (%)1 (n  =  236) (%)2 (n  =  156) (%)3 (n  =  118) (%)4 (n  =  51) (%)5 (n  =  13) (%)
ACCA, Anti-chitobioside carbohydrate antibody; ALCA, anti-laminaribioside carbohydrate antibody; AMCA, anti-mannobioside carbohydrate antibody; gASCA, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody; Omp, outer membrane porin.
P trend based on linear-by-linear association. OR and 95% CI are based on comparison between 164 Crohn’s disease patients with the absence of antibody response and 64 Crohn’s disease patients with antibodies to four or all five tested antigens.
Ileal involvement (%)69.582.686.589.888.292.3<0.0013.57 (1.52 to 8.38)
Complicated behaviour (%)40.958.571.281.478.492.3<0.0016.27 (3.11 to 12.64)
Need for abdominal surgery (%)37.849.259.674.684.376.9<0.0017.93 (3.85 to 16.32)
Ulcerative colitis-like behaviour (%)18.99.75.84.23.90<0.0010.14 (0.03 to 0.60)