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Table 2 Clinical Features of the Three Study Cohorts with Case Matched

From: Risk of postoperative complications among ulcerative colitis patients treated preoperatively with vedolizumab: a matched case-control study

 

None

(n = 54)

Anti-TNF

(n = 74)

Vedolizumab

(n = 25)

p

Gender (M/F)

29:25

35:39

13:12

0.76

Age at surgery (years)

35 (23–49)

30 (21–45)

31 (22–47)

0.31

BMI (kg/m2)

23.3(19–28)

22.7(19–26)

21.1(19–26)

0.15

Preoperative weight loss (> 10 lbs) a

17 (35)

23 (37)

10 (43)

0.79

Missing

6(11)

11(15)

2(8)

0.63

Disease duration (mos)

61 (24–152)

53 (20–195)

60 (24–148)

0.46

Smoking

0.74

Never

43 (80)

59 (80)

21 (84)

 

Prior

8 (15)

13 (17)

4 (16)

 

Current

3 (5)

2 (3)

0

 

Disease extent

0.89

E2 Left-sided colitis

7 (13)

9 (12)

4 (16)

 

E3 Pancolitis

47 (87)

65 (88)

21 (84)

 

Disease activity

0.714

Acute

3(5.6)

2(2.7)

1(4.0)

 

Chronic

51(94.4)

73(2.7)

24(4.0)

 

Medication history

Steroids

34 (68)

48 (68)

18 (72)

0.92

6-MP or MTX

24 (45)

62 (84)

20 (80)

0.001

Operation type

open

16(30)

19(26)

6(16)

0.83

laparoscopy

38(70)

55(74)

19(76)

 

Operation performed

Total abdominal colectomy

+end stoma

15 (28)

15 (20)

5 (20)

0.57

Protectomy + IPAA with ileostomy

39 (72)

59 (80)

20 (80)

 

Ileostomy repair

46(85)

60(81)

19(76)

0.61

Preoperative labs

Leukocyte (×103/uL)

8.9 (6.5–12.4)

9 (6.4–13)

9.8 (6.9–12)

0.79

Platelet (×103/uL)

360 (281–475)

350 (280–459)

340 (274–487)

 

Albumin (g/dL)

3.6 (3.3–4.0)

3.6 (3.2–4.1)

3.9 (3.6–4.2)

0.87

0.25

  1. All values expressed as median (range) or n (%)
  2. BMI body mass index, 6-MP 6-mercaptopurine, MTX methotrexate, IPAA ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, TNF tumor necrosis factor
  3. a19 cases with data missing