Patient demographics, disease profile and Quantiferon results
| All | Male | Female | Abbreviations used: CD Crohn’s disease; UC Ulcerative colitis; RA Rheumatoid arthritis; PS Psoriasis ± arthropathy; N number | ||||
| N | 181 | 87 | 94 | ||||
| mean age | 44.8 | 43.7 | 45.9 | ||||
| Quantiferon result (%) | |||||||
| non-reactive | reactive | indeterminate | not done | ||||
| Disease | N (%) | 95 (73.6%) | 8 (6.2%) | 26 (20.2%) | 52 (28.7%) | ||
| CD | 78 (43.1) | 38 | 40 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| UC | 65 (35.9) | 38 | 27 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 10 |
| RA | 20 (11.1) | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| PS | 14 (7.7) | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Other | 4 (2.20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Quantiferon result (%) | |||||||
| non-reactive | reactive | indeterminate | |||||
| For 114 colitis patients – was rescue anti-TNF given? | No | 61 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Yes | 20 | 2 | 20 (p < 0.0001) | ||||