Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2025; 31(27): 109459
Published online Jul 21, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i27.109459
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with Crohn's disease in training and validation cohorts
Clinical characteristics
Training cohort (n = 156)
Validation cohort (n = 64)
P value
Age (years)25.00 (20.00, 31.00)24.00 (19.50, 29.00)0.351
Gender (male/female)111/4553/110.071
Disease duration (months)14.50 (7.00, 36.00)12.00 (5.00, 46.00)0.706
Montreal location, n (%)
    Ileal (L1)21 (13.5)15 (23.5)0.346
    Colonic (L2)43 (27.6)18 (28.1)0.268
    Ileocolonic (L3)92 (58.9)31 (48.4)0.725
Montreal behavior, n (%)
    Nonstricturing, nonpenetrating (B1)105 (67.3)46 (71.9)0.356
    Stricturing (B2)39 (25.0)14 (21.9)0.623
    Penetrating (B3)22 (14.1)11 (17.2)0.561
    Perianal disease modifier (P)82 (52.6)33 (51.6)0.893
Smoking (yes)8 (5.1)4 (6.3)0.739
CRP (mg/L)12.95 (4.05, 30.16)14.60 (2.17, 27.06)0.438
ESR (mm/h)26.50 (13.00, 36.00)22.00 (12.00, 31.00)0.252
ALB (g/L)37.00 (33.90, 40.30)39.40 (34.70, 42.80)0.104
WBC (× 109/L)6.49 ± 2.197.93 ± 1.560.105
HBI6.00 (5.00, 8.00)6.50 (5.00, 7.00)0.388
Previous abdominal surgery (yes), n (%)18 (11.5)9 (14.1)0.604
Previous steroids or immunomodulators use (yes), n (%)69 (44.2)26 (40.6)0.624
Table 2 Demographic univariate and multivariate analyses based on the training cohort
Clinical factors
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Loss of response (n = 47)
Response (n = 109)
P value
β
P value
OR (95%CI)
Age (years)25 (18, 34)25 (20, 30.5)0.902
Gender (male/female)12/3533/760.549
Disease duration (months)24 (12, 48)12 (4, 36)0.011-0.0120.0410.988 (0.976, 0.999)
Montreal location, n (%)
    Ileal (L1)9 (19.1)12 (11.0)0.168
    Colonic (L2)13 (27.7)30 (27.5)0.575
    Ileocolonic (L3)25 (53.2)67 (61.5)0.319
Montreal behavior, n (%)
    Nonstricturing, nonpenetrating (B1)38 (81.0)67 (61.5)0.687
    Stricturing (B2)7 (14.9)32 (29.4)0.056
    Penetrating (B3)3 (6.4)19 (17.4)0.069
    Perianal disease modifier (P)24 (51.1)58 (53.2)0.805
    Smoking (yes)3 (6.4)5 (4.6)0.641
CRP (mg/L)17.70 (8.85, 40.10)11.10 (3.55, 25.79)0.058
ESR (mm/h)31.00 (15.00, 39.00)23.00 (13.00, 34.01)0.105
ALB (g/L)35.70 (32.70, 39.80)37.80 (34.73, 40.50)0.0490.613
WBC (× 109/L)7.07 ± 2.216.24 ± 2.140.028-0.2480.0080.780 (0.649, 0.939)
HBI7 (6, 9)6 (5, 8)0.001-0.0290.0180.812 (0.683, 0.965)
Previous abdominal surgery (yes), n (%)4 (8.5)14 (12.8)0.437
Previous steroids or immunomodulators use (yes), n (%)18 (38.3)51 (46.8)0.327
Table 3 Predictive performance of different models
Model
Clinical
Radiomics
Combined
Training cohortAUC0.720 (95%CI: 0.635-0.804)0.818 (95%CI: 0.752-0.884)0.871 (95%CI: 0.824-0.929)
SEN0.6330.8170.762
SPE0.7450.7270.872
ACC0.6670.7760.795
Validation cohortAUC0.700 (95%CI: 0.556-0.844)0.808 (95%CI: 0.686-0.930)0.854 (95%CI: 0.759-0.949)
SEN0.5950.8570.691
SPE0.7270.7270.910
ACC0.6450.8130.766