Research Article

Changes in the Management of Patients with Crohn’s Disease Based on Magnetic Resonance Enterography Patterns

Table 3

Agreement of magnetic resonance enterography parameters with selected clinical, endoscopic, and laboratory variables.

Patient variableMRE patterns
InflammatoryPenetratingFibrostenosing
Absent ()Present () valueAbsent ()Present () valueAbsent ()Present () value

()21 (77.8%)25 (53.2%)0.03734 (65.4%)12 (54.5%)0.38328 (65.1%)18 (58.1%)0.540
()6 (22.2%)22 (46.8%)18 (34.6%)10 (45.5%)15 (34.9%)13 (41.9%)
Disease duration (years)7 (3-12)9 (5-20)0.2787 (4-12)10 (5.8-25.8)0.1076 (4-11)12 (6-20)0.027
CRP (mg/L)2.1 (1.0-6.1)3 (1.9-5.7)0.2022.9 (1.4-5.2)2.6 (1.3-13.4)0.7892.3 (1.2-7.8)3.6 (2.1-6.1)0.335
ESR (mm/h)19 (10-35)30 (19-45)0.12829 (16-42)24 (12-35)0.46621 (16-38)30 (17-42)0.514
Haemoglobin (g/dL)13.4 (12.7-13.7)12.3 (11.4-13.9)0.21512.9 (11.5-13.6)13.6 (11.4-14.1)0.15013.1 (11.6-13.7)13 (11.5-14)0.924
Calprotectin (μg/g)76 (28-171)255 (107-618)0.005183 (107-490)89 (79-932)0.885142 (43-201)288 (88-965)0.105
SES-CD4 (1-9.3)4 (1.5-11.5)0.4743 (0.5-8.5)8 (2.8-13)0.0484.5 (1.8-10)4 (1-10.5)0.876
Rutgeerts0 (0-2.5)2 (0-3)0.3361 (0-3)2.5 (1.3-3)0.1771 (0-3)2 (0-3)0.671

MRE: magnetic resonance enterography. The MRE patterns analysed are not mutually exclusive. Values are presented as numbers, with percentages in parentheses, or as the median with the interquartile range; HBI: Harvey and Bradshaw index; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; SES-CD: scoring endoscopic system for Crohn’s disease; Rutgeerts: scoring endoscopic system for postoperative patients with Crohn’s disease.