Clinical presentation of Crohn's disease. association between familial disease, smoking, disease phenotype, extraintestinal manifestations and need for surgery.
OBJECTIVE
Recent molecular data suggest that genetic factors may underlie the disease heterogeneity observed in Crohn's disease (CD). It was also suggested that familial inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a homogenous subgroup, phenotypically different from sporadic disease. Our aim was to determine the clinical presentation in a large CD population.


METHODS
564 CD patients (m/f: 278/286, age: 37.4 (SD 12.7) yrs, duration: 8.4 (7.1) yrs) were included. Disease phenotype was determined according to Vienna classification. Familial disease, extraintestinal manifestations (EIM), need for surgery and smoking habits were also analyzed.


RESULTS
Familial IBD was present in 73 (12.9%) patients. Age at onset and presence of EIMs was associated with familial disease. Penetrating (44.6% vs. <10 yrs: 29.1%, P<0.0001) and ileocolonic disease (54.4% vs. 42.8%, P=0.03) were more common in patients with a disease duration of > or =10 yrs. In a logistic regression model female gender, colonic/ileocolonic location, smoking and familial IBD were independent risk factors for EIMs, while ileal and non-inflammatory disease increased the risk for resections. Smoking was also associated with frequent relapses.


CONCLUSIONS
Familial IBD was associated with the presence of EIMs, while ileal involvement and noninflammatory behavior independently increased the risk for surgery. Since penetrating and extensive disease was more frequent in patients with longer disease duration our data support a possible change in location and behavior during the course of disease.
Lakatos
Peter Laszlo
PL
1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest. kislakpet@bel1.sote.hu
Szalay
Ferenc
F
Tulassay
Zsolt
Z
Molnar
Tamas
T
Kovacs
Agota
A
Gasztonyi
Beata
B
Papp
Janos
J
Lakatos
Laszlo
L
D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*