Evaluation of pathological findings in predicting postoperative endoscopic recurrence in Crohn’s disease: A retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population, mean ± SD/n (%)

Characteristic	Value
Total patients	56 (32 analyzed)
Gender
Female	18 (32.1)
Male	38 (67.9)
Age at surgery, years	39.07 ± 14.17
Smoking status
Active smoker	18 (54.5)
Never smoker	11 (33.3)
Former smoker	4 (12.2)
Age at symptom onset, years	33.93 ± 13.46
Disease localization
Ileal	10 (17.8)
Ileocolonic	40 (71.4)
Colonic	6 (10.7)

Table 2 Association between microscopic findings and Rutgeerts score

Microscopic finding	Rutgeerts score distribution	P value
Neutrophilic cryptitis	Significant increase with higher scores	0.035
Crypt abscesses	Significant increase with higher scores	0.010
Other findings (e.g., granulomas, ganglionitis)	No significant association	> 0.05