Response to strict and liberalized specific carbohydrate diet in pediatric Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Diagnostic and treatment characteristics of patients

Gender	Age at diagnosis (yr)	Prior treatment	Disease length (mo)	Concurrent treatment	Time liberalized (mo)	Follow-up (mo)	Added food
SCD Simple
F	11.9	None	0	None	5.2	8.2	Wheat daily, then corn, yeast, potatoes
M	11	None	1.2	None	9.5	15.1	Illegal meal on major holidays
M	6.5	None	1.2	None	Strict	9.0	Strict
M	17	Antibiotic	7.2	5ASA1	Strict	14.2	Strict
		5ASA
F	7.7	Antibiotic	6.6	None2	10	12.4	Illegal meal per week
SCD with Immunomodulators
M	11.8	None	0	Prednisone × 6 wk	2.5	8.8	Rice daily, "rare" corn + Illegal meal per month
M	14.4	None	1.2	Prednisone × 4 wk	12	13.7	Illegal meal per week + rare illegal snacks
M	12.2	Budesonide	3.0	Budesonide × 4 wk	14	17.5	Illegal snacks daily then daily potatoes
F	12.2	6MP	21.6	Prednisone × 4 wk, 6MP	5	9.9	Daily rice + Illegal meal per month
M	10.5	5ASA, 6MP	15.6	5ASA, 6MP	3	9.5	Illegal meal every 2 wk
M	6.3	5ASA, 6MP	39.6	5ASA, 6MP	Strict	12.1	Strict

¹Antibiotic course for fistula with seton in place;

²Antibiotic taper for Clostridium difficile infection.