Risk factors for recurrence after bowel resection for Crohn’s disease

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with endoscopic recurrence and clinical recurrence

Variable	Endoscopic recurrence		Clinical recurrence
	Univariate	Multivariate	Univariate	Multivariate
Gender	0.683		0.939
Diagnostic age	0.000b	0.004b	0.422
Disease behavior	0.044a	0.041a	0.686
Disease location	0.146		0.315
Perianal disease	0.357		0.032a	0.023a
Preoperative use of steroid	0.739		0.700
Preoperative use of immunomodulator	0.085		0.031a	0.092
Preoperative use of anti-TNF	0.020a	0.010a	0.438
Preoperative body mass index level	0.230		0.705
Preoperative leukocytosis	0.760		0.627
Preoperative C-reactive protein level	0.290		0.917
Preoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rate level	0.078		0.247
Preoperative albumin level	0.368		0.271

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01. TNF: Tumor necrosis factor.