Endoscopic balloon dilation for management of stricturing Crohn’s disease in children

Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical variables

	Surgery only, n = 8	EBD only, n = 11	Surgery and EBD, n = 6
Sex, n (%)
Male	4 (50)	6 (55)	3 (50)
Female	4 (50)	5 (45)	3 (50)
Age at diagnosis, n (%)
0-10	1 (12)	1 (9)	1 (17)
11-18	7 (88)	10 (91)	5 (83)
Race, n (%)
Caucasian	7 (88)	11 (100)	4 (67)
African-American	1 (12)	0	2 (33)
BMI, n (%)
Underweight	2 (25)	2 (18)	0 (0)
Normal	0	7 (64)	5 (83)
Overweight	6 (75)	2 (18)	1 (17)
On biologic, n (%)	6 (75)	10 (91)	5 (83)
On steroids, n (%)	0	2 (18)	1 (17)
Location of stricture, n (%)
Terminal ileum	6 (75)	2 (18)	4 (66)
Ileocecal valve	2 (25)	5 (46)	1 (17)
Colon	0	1 (9)	0
Duodenum	0	1 (9)	0
Rectum/anus	0	2 (18)	1 (17)
Average years of disease until development of stricture	2.1	1.9	1
Stricturing disease only, n (%)	4 (50)	8 (73)	2 (33)
Stricturing and penetrating disease, n (%)	4 (50)	3 (27)	4 (67)

EBD: Endoscopic balloon dilation; BMI: Body mass index.