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Table 2 Clinical data of all Crohn's disease patients at initial and follow-up scan

From: Magnetic resonance imaging-based body composition is associated with nutritional and inflammatory status: a longitudinal study in patients with Crohn's disease

Characteristics

Baseline (n = 49)

Follow-up (n = 49)

p-value

Montreal classification

 Age at diagnosis, n (%)

  A1

11 (22.4)

  

  A2

34 (69.4)

  

  A3

4 (8.2)

  

 Location, n (%)

  

0.93

  L1

17 (34.7)

15 (30.6)

 

  L2

1 (2.0)

2 (4.1)

 

  L3

30 (61.2)

31 (63.3)

 

  L3 + 4

1 (2.0)

1 (2.0)

 

 Behaviour, n (%)

  

0.93

  B1

31 (63.3)

28 (57.1)

 

  B2

11 (22.4)

13 (26.5)

 

  B3

5 (10.2)

6 (12.2)

 

  B2 + 3

2 (4.1)

2 (4.1)

 

 Perianal disease, n (%)

28 (57.1)

29 (59.2)

1.00

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

18.27 ± 3.04

19.55 ± 2.66

< 0.001

BMI classification, n (%)

  

0.047

 Normal

18 (36.7)

28 (57.1)

 

 Underweight

29 (59.2)

21 (42.9)

 

 Overweight

2 (4.1)

0

 

Laboratory findings (mean ± SD)

 CRP, mg/L (n = 46)

35.34 ± 43.39

11.71 ± 20.98

< 0.001

 ESR, mm/h (n = 48)

23.85 ± 17.97

11.04 ± 13.51

< 0.001

 Alb, g/L (n = 46)

38.43 ± 5.85

42.19 ± 5.42

< 0.001

 HCT, % (n = 47)

34.70 ± 6.15

38.71 ± 5.71

< 0.001

  1. p value of variables with great statistical difference between baseline and follow-up is marked in bold
  2. SD Standard deviation, BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, Alb albumin, Hct haematocrit