Retrospective cohort study compares outcomes in older versus younger adults with Crohn’s disease, suggesting differing recurrence and mortality rates.
Objectives: Older adults represent a growing proportion of patients with Crohn’s disease (CD). We compared outcomes following ileocecal resection between older and younger patients with CD. Methods : We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent ileocecal resection. Older adults were defined as age >60 years. One- and five-year outcomes were extracted from medical records. Results: Among 86 older and 169 younger patients, older adults had lower odds of clinical recurrence at one year (OR 0.26) and five years (OR 0.40) but higher five-year mortality (OR 20.55). Conclusions: Older adults had lower symptom-based clinical recurrence rates but higher mortality.
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