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Table 1 Baseline demographic variables of the 99 patients with active Crohn’s disease who were assigned to intensive GMA or to weekly GMA in this study

From: An open-label prospective randomized multicenter study of intensive versus weekly granulocyte and monocyte apheresis in active crohn’s disease

Demography

Intensive GMA

Weekly GMA

P value

(n = 54)

(n = 45)

Male gender - n (%)

34 (63.0)

24 (53.3)

0.4133

Age, year

31.5 [24.8–40.5]

30.0 [23.5–43.0]

0.8965

Duration of disease, month

36.0 [5.5–138.0]

44.0 [11.5–93.0]

0.7081

Hospitalization - n (%)

27 (50.0)

22 (48.9)

1.0000

CDAI

260 [235–310]

259 [224–320]

0.9300

Disease location - n (%)

   

 Colon

23 (42.6)

17 (37.8)

0.6838

 Ileum and colon

31 (57.4)

28 (62.2)

0.6838

Surgical history – n (%)

13 (24.1)

15 (33.3)

0.3724

Previous biologics treatment - n (%)

10 (18.5)

10 (22.2)

0.8022

Concomitant medication - n (%)

   

 5-Aminosalicylates

46 (85.2)

37 (82.2)

0.7865

 Corticosteroids

8 (14.8)

8 (17.8)

0.7865

 Azathioprine

7 (13.0)

9 (20.0)

0.4157

 6-Mercaptopurine

3 (5.6)

2 (4.4)

1.0000

Nutrition therapy – n (%)

37 (68.5)

31 (68.9)

1.0000

  1. Continuous variables are presented as the median [interquartile range] and were compared by the Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test. Categorical variables are presented as patient’s number (%) and were compared by the Fisher’s exact test. CDAI, Chrohn’s disease activity index; GMA, granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis