Research Article
Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Endoscopic Severity in Patients with Crohn’s Disease
Table 3
Clinical characteristics of patient group.
| Characteristics | (%) |
| Years diagnosed [median (quartiles)] | 2 (1–5) | Montreal classification [ (%)] | | Age at diagnosis | | A1 (<17 years) | 9 (6.8) | A2 (17–40 years) | 99 (75.6) | A3 (≥40 years) | 23 (17.6) | Disease location [ (%)] | | L2 (colonic) | 8 (6.1) | L3 (ileocolonic) | 123 (93.9) | Disease behavior [ (%)] | | B1 (nonstricturing, nonpenetrating) | 97 (74) | B2 (stricturing) | 24 (18.3) | B3 (penetrating) | 4 (3.1) | B2 + B3(stricturing and penetrating) | 6 (4.6) | Disease activity | | CDAI score [mean (SD)] | 241 (84) | CRP, mg/L [median (quartiles)] | 16.6 (6.4–37.1) | Albumin, g/L [mean (SD)] | 34.8 (6.2) | SES-CD [median (quartiles)] | 11 (6–17) | Serum 25OHD [nmol/L, median (quartiles)] | 21.1 (11.8–32.3) |
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SES-CD: the simple endoscopic score for Crohn’s disease, CDAI: Crohn’s disease activity index, and CRP: C-reactive protein.
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