Elderly inflammatory bowel disease patients: patient and disease characteristics

Abstract

Results : A total of 184 non-elderly and 11 elderly patients were analyzed. Baseline IBD patient and disease characteristics were comparable in elderly and non-elderly group as there was no statistically significant difference in female or smoking rates, as well as in disease duration or extraintestinal manifestations rates. When comparing treatment data, anti-TNFα drugs were used significantly less in the elderly group (p=0.001). Combination therapy with an immunomodulator and a biologic (combotherapy) was evaluated on patients starting anti-TNFα drugs and was significantly higher in the non-elderly patient group (p=0.02