Is early limited surgery associated with a more benign disease course in Crohn’s disease?

Table 2 Predictors of early limited surgery and drug exposures

	Early surgery	No early surgery	P value	OR (95%CI)
Age at onset (A1)	28.4%	19.0%	0.060	1.69 (0.97-2.96)
Ileal location	59.5%	28.1%	< 0.001
Colonic location	13.5%	39.9%	< 0.001
Complicated behavior at diagnosis	85.1%	35.9%	< 0.001	10.2 (5.2-20.1)
Overall steroid exposure	52.7%	71.3%	0.001	0.45 (0.27-0.74)
Steroid-dependent course	2.6%	12.3%	0.070	0.19 (0.03-1.40
Overall biological exposure	4.1%	10.0%	0.090	0.38 (0.12-1.26)
Overall azathioprine exposure	45.9%	45.8%	> 0.050