Risk factors and long-term outcome of disease extent progression in Asian patients with ulcerative colitis: a retrospective cohort study

Table 3 The outcomes between patients with and without disease extension during follow-up

	extenders (n = 91)	non-extenders (n = 427)	P value
Steroid use	47(51.6%)	120 (28.1%)	< 0.01
Immunosuppressive agents use	36 (39.6%)	48(11.2%)	< 0.01
Colectomy	2(2.2%)	5(1.2%)	0.98
Hospitalization	13(14.3%)	26(6.1%)	0.51
Severe UC	13(14.3%)	26(6.1%)	0.51

Note: Time to event was calculated from the date of latest endoscopy evaluation to the date of each event (steroids or IMM use etc.) or censoring (the last follow-up)

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