Prediction of Crohn’s disease aggression through NOD2/CARD15 gene sequencing in an Australian cohort

Table 2 Analysis of phenotypic characteristics of Crohn’s disease patients according to nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain 2/caspase recruitment domains 15 gene status¹

Characteristics	3020insC mutation positive (n = 4)	3020insC mutation negative (n = 26)
Disease behaviour
Perforating	1	5
Stricturing	4	14
Inflammatory	3	7
Location of CD lesions
Small bowel	4	7
Ileocaecal	6	19
Colonic	1	7
Anorectal	1	1
Others	0	0
No of locations involved
1	4	13
2	4	7
3	0	2
4+	0	0
Extraintestinal manifestations	0	3

¹Some patients had more than one clinical variable. CD: Crohn’s disease.