Table 4 Disease outcomes of smokers and nonsmokers with CD.

From: Effect of smoking on the development and outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease in Taiwan: a hospital-based cohort study

CD patients

Smoking

N = 63

Non-smoking

N = 277

p value

Male

59 (93.7%)

171 (61.7%)

 < 0.01*

Age at diagnosis, median (Q1,Q3)

44 (32, 53)

22 (15, 36)

 < 0.01*

Follow-up, month (median, range)

85 (34, 129)

84 (43,153)

0.13

Medications

Steroid (n, %)

50 (79.4%)

231 (83.4%)

0.45

5-ASA (n, %)

55 (87.3%)

258 (93.1%)

0.12

Azathioprine (n, %)

41 (65.1%)

190 (68.6%)

0.59

Other immunomodulator a (n, %)

7 (11.1%)

34 (12.3%)

0.80

Advanced therapy b (n, %)

32 (50.8%)

133 (48.0%)

0.69

Times of admission (Mean, SD)

3.1 (2.8)

4.8 (6.1)

 < 0.01*

Times of ER (Mean, SD)

1.8 (2.8)

2.3 (3.4)

0.32

SES-CD (Mean, SD)

6.5 (4.6)

7.3 (5.3)

0.30

Surgery (n, %)

38 (60.3%)

106 (38.3%)

 < 0.01*

Fistula, perforation, abscess (n, %)

18 (28.6%)

60 (21.7%)

0.24

Stricture (obstruction) (n, %)

15 (23.8%)

34 (12.3%)

0.02*

Bleeding, refractory, or else (n, %)

8 (12.7%)

20 (7.2%)

0.15

Malignancy (n, %)

5 (7.9%)

7 (2.5%)

0.05*

Others (n, %)

5 (7.9%)

6 (2.2%)

0.03*

Cancer (n, %)

4 (6.4%)

14 (5.1%)

0.75

Death (n, %)

2 (3.2%)

10 (3.6%)

1.00

Baseline hemoglobin (mg/dL) (Mean, SD)

12.4 (2.3)

11.6 (2.2)

0.02*

Baseline CRP (mg/dL) (Mean, SD)

3.7 (5.7)

3.8 (4.8)

0.89

Baseline albumin (mg/dL) (Mean, SD)

3.7 (0.8)

3.8 (0.8)

0.25

Location at diagnosis (n, %)

  

 < 0.01*

Terminal ileal (L1)

13 (23.6%)

34 (14.3%)

 

Colonic (L2)

16 (29.1%)

125 (52.5%)

 

Ileocolonic (L3)

26 (47.3%)

79 (33.2%)

 

Behavior at diagnosis (n, %)

  

0.03*

Non-stricturing and non-penetrating (B1)

30 (54.6%)

173 (72.4%)

 

Stricturing (B2)

18 (32.7%)

50 (20.9%)

 

Penetrating (B3)

7 (12.7%)

16 (6.7%)

 
  1. aMethotrexate, tacrolimus, and cyclosporine.
  2. bAnti-TNF, vedolizumab, ustekinumab, p19 antibody, and Jak1 inhibitor.
  3. Using Fisher’s exact test.
  4. *Significant (p < 0.05).