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

Table 3 Factors associated with the need for early limited surgery in logistic regression analysis

	P value	OR	95%CI
Age at diagnosis
A1	0.172	1.62	0.81-3.25
A2	Reference
Disease location	< 0.001
L1	< 0.001	7.88	2.92-21.3
L3	0.035	3.21	1.09-9.48
L2	Reference
Disease behavior at diagnosis	< 0.001
B2	< 0.001	4.91	2.15-11.2
B3	< 0.001	7.66	3.52-16.7
B1	Reference
Smoking
Yes	0.487	1.24	0.68-2.27
No	Reference

L1: Ileal; L2: Colonic; L3: Ileocolonic; B1: Inflammatory; B2: Stenosing; B3: Penetrating.