Maintenance of Remission with Partial Enteral Nutrition Therapy in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A Retrospective Study
Table 4
Changes in weight, height, BMI, and wPCDAI over time.
Covariate
PEN group
Control group
value
Weight (kg), mean ± SD
Before EEN/at diagnosis
After EEN/eight weeks after diagnosis
After six months of PEN/eight months after diagnosis
Height (m), mean ± SD
Before EEN/at diagnosis
After EEN/eight weeks after diagnosis
After six months of PEN/eight months after diagnosis
BMI, mean ± SD
Before EEN/at diagnosis
0.001
After EEN/eight weeks after diagnosis
0.03
After six months of PEN/eight months after diagnosis
0.006
wPCDAI, median 25–75%
Before EEN/at diagnosis
30.0 20–40
30.0 25–42.5
0.70
After EEN/eight weeks after diagnosis
5.0 0–12.5
10.0 7.5–17.5
0.005
After three months of PEN/five months after diagnosis
7.5 0–17.5
11.3 5–27.5
0.16
After one year of PEN/one year after diagnosis
3.8 0–13.8
10.0 0–20
0.12
After two years of PEN/two years after diagnosis
17.5 10–20
10.0 2.5–23.8
0.43
After three years of PEN/three years after diagnosis
17.5 5–17.5
15.0 0–21.9
0.88
BMI, body mass index; EEN, exclusive enteral nutrition; PEN, partial enteral nutrition; wPCDAI, weighted Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Activity Index. Control group. Calculated with Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical data and independent samples -test for continuous variables. Calculated with Mann–Whitney tests.
