1. Late-onset Crohn's disease: a comparison of disease behaviour and therapy with younger adult patients: the Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease 'AGED' study
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Federica Furfaro, Vito Annese, Alessandro Armuzzi, Walter Fries, Daniela Pugliese, Gaetano Inserra, Maria Cappello, I. Frankovic, Antonino Carlo Privitera, Francesca Calella, Natalia Manetti, Francesco Manguso, Silvio Danese, Flavio Caprioli, Fabrizio Bossa, Matilde Rea, Angela Alibrandi, Laura Cantoro, Giuseppe Scalisi, Giovanni Casella, Stefania Orlando, Sandro Ardizzone, Gionata Fiorino, Anna Viola, Giammarco Mocci, Mariabeatrice Principi, R. Bringiotti, Anna Kohn, Fabiana Castiglione, R. Monterubbianesi, Renata D'Incà, Annalisa Aratari, L. Samperi, Claudio Papi, Simone Saibeni, Viola, A, Monterubbianesi, R, Scalisi, G, Furfaro, F, Rea, M, Saibeni, S, Aratari, A, Bringiotti, R, Casella, G, Cantoro, L, Frankovic, I, Calella, F, Pugliese, D, Orlando, S, Samperi, L, Cappello, M, Mocci, G, Manetti, N, Annese, V, Privitera, Ac, Inserra, G, Caprioli, F, D'Inca, R, Principi, M, Papi, C, Castiglione, F, Danese, S, Ardizzone, S, Bossa, F, Kohn, A, Manguso, F, Alibrandi, A, Fiorino, G, Armuzzi, A, Fries, W, Viola, A., Monterubbianesi, R., Scalisi, G., Furfaro, F., Rea, M., Saibeni, S., Aratari, A., Bringiotti, R., Casella, G., Cantoro, L., Frankovic, I., Calella, F., Pugliese, D., Orlando, S., Samperi, L., Cappello, M., Mocci, G., Manetti, N., Annese, V., Privitera, A. C., Inserra, G., Caprioli, F., D'Inca, R., Principi, M., Papi, C., Castiglione, F., Danese, S., Ardizzone, S., Bossa, F., Kohn, A., Manguso, F., Alibrandi, A., Fiorino, G., Armuzzi, A., and Fries, W.
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Male ,Disease ,Constriction, Pathologic ,tumours ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Late Onset Disorders ,Cohort Studies ,surgery ,0302 clinical medicine ,Crohn Disease ,Medicine ,Young adult ,Digestive System Surgical Procedures ,Crohn's disease ,Gastroenterology ,Ileitis ,Middle Aged ,Colitis ,Italy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,outcome ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,Colorectal Neoplasms ,Cohort study ,steroids ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,comorbidities ,elderly ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,Internal medicine ,Intestinal Fistula ,Humans ,Immunologic Factors ,Glucocorticoids ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Polypharmacy ,Hepatology ,business.industry ,thiopurines ,Retrospective cohort study ,medicine.disease ,Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND Disease phenotype and outcome of late-onset Crohn's disease are still poorly defined. METHODS In this Italian nationwide multicentre retrospective study, patients diagnosed ≥65 years (late-onset) were compared with young adult-onset with 16-39 years and adult-onset Crohn's disease 40-64 years. Data were collected for 3 years following diagnosis. RESULTS A total of 631 patients (late-onset 153, adult-onset 161, young adult-onset 317) were included. Colonic disease was more frequent in late-onset (P < 0005), stenosing behaviour was more frequent than in adult-onset (P < 0003), but fistulising disease was uncommon. Surgery rates were not different between the three age groups. Systemic steroids were prescribed more frequently in young adult-onset in the first year, but low bioavailability steroids were used more frequently in late-onset in the first 2 years after diagnosis (P < 0.036, P < 0.041, respectively). The use of immunomodulators and anti-TNF's even in patients with more complicated disease, that is, B2 or B3 behaviour (Montreal classification), remained significantly inferior (P < 0.0001) in late-onset compared to young adult-onset. Age at diagnosis, Charlson comorbidity index, and steroid used in the first year were negatively associated with the use of immunomodulators and biologics. Comorbidities, related medications and hospitalizations were more frequent in late-onset. Polypharmacy was present in 56% of elderly Crohn's disease patients. CONCLUSION Thirty-two percent of late-onset Crohn's disease presented with complicated disease behaviour. Despite a comparable use of steroids and surgery, immunomodulators and biologics were used in a small number of patients.
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- 2019