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Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2005; 11(46): 7323-7329
Published online Dec 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i46.7323
Table 1 Demographic features of IPAA patients and healthy controls
IPAA patientsHealthy controls
Total number (n)157224
Gender M/F88/69118/106
Mean age in yr (SD)42.9 (11.8)45.8 (12.8)
Range17-7321-77
Median4145.5
Table 2 Clinical data obtained from IPAA patients
IPAA patientsMean (SD)MedianRange
Age (yr) at diagnosis of ulcerative colitis29.7 (11.7)278-61
Time (yr) from diagnosis of ulcerative colitis to IPAA surgery6.3 (5.5)50-34
Time from IPAA surgery to first episode of pouchitis
Total pouchitis group (n = 78)2.8 (3.1)20-12
Infrequent pouchitis ( ≤2 episodes, n = 43)3.7 (3.3)30-12
Chronic relapsing pouchitis (≥3 episodes, n = 35)2 (2.6)10-12
Pattern of pouchitis
Duration of pouch (yr)
No episodes of pouchitis (n = 79)6.3 (4.1)50-14
Infrequent pouchitis ( ≤2 episodes, n = 43)7.6 (3.8)71-16
Chronic relapsing pouchitis (≥3 episodes, n = 35)7.9 (3.6)72–14
Table 3 Genotypes of the CD14, CARD15, TLR4, TLR9, and IRAKM gene polymorphisms in subgroups of patients with IPAA and controls
PolymorphismsGenotypeControlsNo pouchitisInfrequent pouchitisChronic relapsing pouchitis
n = 224 (%)n = 79 (%)n = 43 (%)n = 35 (%)
CD14–260 C>TCC55 (24.6)24 (30.4)11 (25.6)7 (20)
CT102 (45.5)34 (43)21 (48.8)22 (62.9)
TT67 (29.9)21 (26.6)11 (25.6)6 (17.1)
CARD15 3020InsCWT/WT218 (97.3)77 (97.5)43 (100)34 (97.1)
WT/InsC6 (2.7)2 (2.5)0 (0)1 (2.9)
InsC/InsC0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
TLR4 +896 A>GAA208 (92.9)73 (92.4)38 (88.4)33 (94.3)
AG16 (7.1)5 (6.3)5 (11.6)2 (5.7)
GG0 (0)1 (1.3)0 (0)0 (0)
TLR9–1237 T>CTT158 (70.5)52 (65.8)34 (79.1)19 (54.3)
TC60 (26.8)24 (30.4)9 (20.9)14 (40)
CC6 (2.7)3 (3.8)0 (0)2 (5.7)
TLR9 +2848 G>AGG40 (17.9)20 (25.3)9 (20.9)6 (17.1)
GA104 (46.4)38 (48.1)22 (51.2)16 (45.7)
AA80 (35.7)21 (26.6)12 (27.9)13 (37.2)
IRAKM +22148G>AGG181 (80.8)64 (81)33 (76.7)28 (80)
GA42 (18.8)14 (17.7)7 (16.3)7 (20)
AA1 (0.4)1 (1.3)3 (7)0 (0)
Table 4 Frequencies of TLR9 haplotypes formed by -1237 T>C and +2848 G>A SNPs
TLR9 -1237+2848HaplotypeControlsNo pouchitisInfrequent pouchitisChronic relapsing pouchitis
2n = 4482n = 1582n = 862n = 70
TGI181 (40)51 (32)40 (47)28 (40)
TAII195 (44)77 (49)37 (43)24 (34)
CAIII69 (15)29 (18)9 (10)118 (26)1
CGIV3 (1)1 (1)00