Research Article

Prior Appendectomy and the Onset and Course of Crohn’s Disease in Chinese Patients

Table 3

Appendectomy before CD diagnosis is stratified by CD location and behavior.

PatientsAppendectomy (%)Control (%)

Location
L125621 (8.20%)11 (4.30%)0.099
L2904 (4.44%)3 (3.33%)1.000
L327116 (5.90%)9 (3.32%)0.230
Behavior
B124815 (6.05%)8 (3.23%)0.210
B226317 (6.46%)10 (3.80%)0.248
B31069 (8.49%)5 (4.72%)0.424
Bp1227 (5.74%)5 (4.10%)0.774
Total61741 (6.65%)23 (3.73%)0.033

Pairwise-matched analyses.