Incidental adenocarcinoma in patients undergoing surgery for stricturing Crohn's disease

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients undergoing surgery for stricturing Crohn’s disease with and without incidental finding of colorectal cancer n (%)

	Stricturing CD	Stricturing CD and incidental cancer	P value
Patients	478	6
Age (yr)	35.2 (11-82)	43 (27-66)	NS
Sex			NS
Female	214 (44.8)	2 (33.3)
Male	264 (55.2)	4 (66.6)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	21.4 ± 3.9	22.4 ± 4.4	NS
Age at CD diagnosis (yr)	26 (6-82)	26.5 (11-44)	NS
Smoking (yes)	227 (47.5)	1 (16.6)	NS
Medical therapy			NS
AZA/6-MP	105 (22)	1 (16.6)
Corticosteroids	128 (26.8)	0
Anti-TNF antibody	5 (1)	0
CD related surgery	1 (1-25)	2 (1-3)	NS

CD: Crohn’s disease; AZA/6-MP: Azathioprin/6-mercaptopurin; TNF: Tumor necrosis factor.