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World J Gastrointest Surg. Mar 27, 2023; 15(3): 420-429
Published online Mar 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i3.420
Published online Mar 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i3.420
Table 1 Basic information on patients (n = 43)
| Variables | Data |
| Characteristics | |
| Sex (Male/female) | 34/9 |
| Age (yr), mean ± SD | 43.6 ± 2.7 |
| Smoking (No/Yes) | 23/20 |
| Drinking (No/Yes) | 26/17 |
| Clinical data | |
| Crohn’s disease/ulcerative colitis | 27/16 |
| Location | |
| Crohn disease (L1/L2/L3/L4) | 9/0/18/0 |
| Ulcerative colitis (E1/E2/E3) | 0/2/14 |
| Severity of illness (Mild/moderate/severe) | 10/21/12 |
| Cause of surgery | |
| Patient required | 3 |
| Non-response to intern medicine therapy | 9 |
| Medical required | 31 |
| Intestinal obstruction | 18 |
| Fistula | 5 |
| Definite diagnosis requires | 1 |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 3 |
| Intestinal stenosis | 1 |
| Gastrointestinal perforation | 2 |
| Carcinogenesis | 1 |
| Pre-op aminosalicylic acid (No/Yes) | 8/35 |
| Pre-op corticosteroids (No/Yes) | 24/19 |
| Pre-op immunosuppressive therapy (No/Yes) | 34/9 |
| Surgical procedures (Laparoscopic/open surgery) | 14/29 |
| Course (d), mean ± SD | 73.6 ± 11.7 |
| Indicators to be explored | |
| Latent Epstein-Barr virus infection (Negative/positive) | 33/10 |
- Citation: Wei HT, Xue XW, Ling Q, Wang PY, Zhou WX. Positive correlation between latent Epstein-Barr virus infection and severity of illness in inflammatory bowel disease patients. World J Gastrointest Surg 2023; 15(3): 420-429
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v15/i3/420.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v15.i3.420