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

Table 4 Characteristics of patients with and without early resective surgery after matching on propensity scores

	CD patient with early surgery (n = 58)	CD patient without early surgery (n = 58)1
Gender (male/female)	32/26	34/24
Age at onset below 40 yr	12	11
Decade of diagnosis
1977-1989	8	9
1990-1999	22	23
2000-2008	28	26
Disease location
L1	38	39
L32	20	19
Disease behavior at diagnosis
B1	10	10
B2	20	19
B3	28	29
Smoking (yes/no)	36/22	35/23

¹Early resective surgery: within the year of diagnosis;

²Ileocecal. CD: Crohn’s disease; L1: Ileal; L2: Colonic; L3: Ileocolonic; B1: Inflammatory; B2: Stenosing; B3: Penetrating.