Differentiation of Isolated Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease from Other Small Bowel Ulcerative Diseases: Clinical Features and Double-Balloon Enteroscopy Characteristics
Table 2
Demographic and clinical features of ISBCD and OSBUD patients.
Characteristics
ISBCD
OSBUD
value
(%) or median/mean
(%) or median/mean
Demographics
Age (years, median)
37 (26–47)
48 (36–60)
<0.001
≤20
20 (14.4)a
1 (1.6)b
21-30
35 (25.2)a
8 (12.9)b
31-40
31 (22.3)a
11 (17.7)a
40-50
24 (17.3)a
16 (25.8)a
51-60
18 (12.9)a
11 (17.7)a
≥61
11 (7.9)a
15 (24.2)b
Sex (male, (%))
96 (69.1)
42 (67.7)
0.852
Disease duration (months, median)
12.0 (2.0-36.0)
6.0 (1.8-24.0)
0.183
Medication history of NSAIDs for more than two weeks ( (%))
3 (2.2)
7 (11.3)
0.016
BMI (kg/m2, median)
20.52 (19.03-22.84)
21.30 (19.05-23.59)
0.145
Education level
0.090
Illiteracy
8 (5.8)
0 (0)
Primary education
99 (71.2)
51 (82.3)
Higher education
32 (23.0)
11 (17.7)
History of tumor in immediate family
14 (10.1)
10 (16.1)
0.221
Smoking
39 (28.1)
19 (30.6)
0.708
Drinking
19 (13.7)
5 (8.1)
0.258
Blood type
0.347
A
48 (34.5)
16 (25.8)
B
40 (28.8)
17 (27.4)
O
37 (26.6)
24 (38.7)
AB
14 (10.1)
5 (8.1)
History of perianal lesion ( (%))
30 (21.6)
4 (6.5)
0.008
History of appendectomy ( (%))
16 (11.5)
3 (4.8)
0.135
General symptoms ( (%))
Fever
15 (10.8)
5 (8.1)
0.551
Weakness
13 (9.4)
14 (22.6)
0.011
Weight loss
47 (33.8)
17 (27.4)
0.369
Gastrointestinal symptoms ( (%))
Abdominal pain
117 (84.2)
32 (51.6)
<0.001
Diarrhea
34 (24.5%)
6 (9.7)
0.015
Black stool
20 (14.4)
13 (35.5)
0.001
Nausea and vomiting
44 (31.7)
14 (22.6)
0.190
Abdominal distention
31 (22.3)
13 (21.0)
0.833
Bloody stool
17 (12.2)
5 (8.1)
0.382
Ileus
11 (7.9)
2 (3.2)
0.348
Mucous stool
5 (3.6)
1 (1.6)
0.753
Abdominal mass
4 (2.9)
0 (0)
0.422
Abdominal discomfort
3 (2.2)
0 (0)
0.554
Extra-intestinal manifestations ( (%))
Oral ulcers
44 (31.7)
13 (21.0)
0.121
Genital ulcers
6 (4.3)
4 (6.5)
0.770
Joint pain
25 (18.0)
10 (16.1)
0.749
Skin lesions
11 (7.9)
5 (8.1)
1.000
Episcleritis
6 (4.3)
1 (1.6)
0.583
a and b are the subgroups that differed by Bonferroni correction.
