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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2014; 20(46): 17525-17531
Published online Dec 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17525
Published online Dec 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17525
Table 1 Patient characteristics
Variables | (n = 394) | 95%CI |
Gender | ||
Male | 51% | 46-56 |
Female | 49% | 44-54 |
Nationality | ||
Saudi | 94% | 91-96 |
Non-Saudi | 6% | 3.7-8.4 |
Environment | ||
Urban | 91.6% | 88.7-94.5 |
Rural | 8.3% | 5.4-11.2 |
Mean BMI | 22.6 | 22.5-22.7 |
Mean age (yr) | 30.1 | 28.9-31.4 |
Mean duration of disease (yr) | 8 | 7.3-8.5 |
Smoking | ||
Smokers | 7.8% | 4.9-10.7 |
Non-Smokers | 92.2% | 89.2-95.1 |
Course | ||
Infrequent | 77.5% | 73.2-82.2 |
Frequent | 17.3% | 13.3-21.5 |
Chronic | 4.8% | 2.4-7.1 |
Steroid use | ||
Once | 33.5% | 28.7-39.1 |
Twice | 10.8% | 7.4-14.3 |
Three | 8.3% | 5.3-11.4 |
More than three times | 8.6% | 5.6-11.8 |
Never | 37.5% | 32.6-43.3 |
Number of relatives with CD | ||
First degree | 0.6% | 0.2-1.5 |
Second degree | 0.6% | 0.2-1.5 |
Number of relatives with UC | ||
First degree | 7% | 3.3-10.7 |
Second degree | 1.8% | 0.4-3.3 |
Number of relatives with IBDU | ||
First degree | 0.6% | 0.2-1.5 |
Second degree | 0.3% | 0.3-0.9 |
Number of relatives with colorectal cancer | ||
First degree | 0.9% | 0.1-2.0 |
Second degree | 0.9% | 0.1-2.0 |
Table 2 Patients according to the Montreal classification
Variables | n = 394 | 95%CI |
Age, Montréal classification | ||
A1 | 7.3% | 4.7-9.9 |
A2 | 68.4% | 63.8-73.0 |
A3 | 24.2% | 20.0-28.4 |
Extent, Montréal classification | ||
E1 | 22.0% | 17.4-26.5 |
E2 | 35.3 % | 30-40.5 |
E3 | 42.7 % | 37.3-48.5 |
Severity, Montréal classification | ||
S0 | 51.4% | 46.0-57.0 |
S1 | 16.6% | 12.5-20.6 |
S2 | 23.4% | 18.75-28.0 |
S3 | 8.6% | 5.5-11.6 |
Table 3 Extraintestinal manifestations
Variables | n = 312 | 95%CI |
PSC | 0.9% | 0.01-2.0 |
Venous thrombosis | 1.9% | 0.3-3.3 |
Eye manifestation | 1.5% | 0.1-2.9 |
Stomatitis | 1.5% | 0.1-2.9 |
Joint involvement | 17.5% | 10.4-24.5 |
Bone manifestation | ||
Osteoporosis | 17.1% | 9.8-24.4 |
Osteopenia | 30.5% | 21.5-39.4 |
Skin manifestation | 7.06% | 4.2-9.8 |
Erythema nodosum | 23.8% | 3.9-43 |
Pyoderma gangraenosum | 4.8% | 0.1-14 |
Psoriasis | 9.5% | 0.1-23.4 |
Others | 61.9% | 39.2-84.5 |
- Citation: Alharbi OR, Azzam NA, Almalki AS, Almadi MA, Alswat KA, Sadaf N, Aljebreen AM. Clinical epidemiology of ulcerative colitis in Arabs based on the Montréal classification. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(46): 17525-17531
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i46/17525.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17525