Clinical features and factors related to extraintestinal manifestations in children with ulcerative colitis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2023.12.013
- VernacularTitle:儿童溃疡性结肠炎合并肠外表现的临床特征及相关因素研究
- Author:
Dexiu GUAN
1
;
Shu GUO
;
Tianlu MEI
;
Feihong YU
;
Jin ZHOU
;
Guoli WANG
;
Jie WU
Author Information
1. 国家儿童医学中心 首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院消化科 100045
- Keywords:
Child;
Colitis, ulcerative;
Extraintestinal manifestations;
Risk factors
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2023;50(12):845-849
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the clinical features and risk factors of the extraintestinal manifestations(EIM)in children with ulcerative colitis(UC).Methods:A retrospective case-control study was conducted.The clinical data of 99 children with UC diagnosed in Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children′s Hospital, Capital Medical University from January 2016 to December 2021 were analyzed.According to whether the patients had EIM or not, they were divided into EIM-positive group and EIM-negative group.Rank sum test, χ2test or Fisher′s exact test were used to compare the variables between the 2 groups, including the clinical features, laboratory examination results and treatments.The Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors of EIM in children with UC. Results:A total of 99 children with UC were enrolled, including 57 males and 42 females; the age of onset was 10.3(6.4, 12.6)years, and the course of disease was 4.2(1.6, 10.1)months.The patients were mainly characterized by extensive disease(E3)and pancolitis(E4)(69/99, 69.7%), moderate to severe activity(63/99, 63.6%)and moderate to severe inflammation of colonic mucosa(89/99, 89.9%). There were 77 patients(77.8%)in the EIM-negative group and 22 patients(22.2%)in the EIM-positive group, of which 5 patients had two types of EIMs; the most common EIMs were oral ulcers(9 cases), joint lesions(7 cases), and skin lesions(6 cases). Compared with the EIM-negative group, those in the EIM-positive group, such as the E4 type(77.3% vs 44.2%, χ2=7.513, P=0.006), moderate to severe activity(81.8% vs 58.4%, χ2=4.041, P=0.044), pediatric ulcerative colitis activity index score[47.5(35.0, 57.5)score vs 35.0(25.0, 50.0)score, Z=-2.260, P=0.024], the proportion of C-reactive protein≥8mg/L at diagnosis(54.5% vs 19.5%, χ2=10.607, P=0.001), erythrocyte sedimentation rate[30.0(13.8, 47.8)mm/h vs 10.0(4.0, 19.5)mm/h, Z=-3.918, P<0.001], the proportion of glucocorticoid treatment within one year after diagnosis(77.3% vs 49.4%, χ2=5.403, P=0.020)and the proportion of biological agents treatment(45.5% vs 23.4%, χ2=4.112, P=0.043)were significantly higher; the E3 type were significantly lower than those in the EIM-negative group(0 vs 23.4%, χ2=4.813, P=0.028), and the differences were statistically significant.Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that erythrocyte sedimentation rate at diagnosis was an independent risk factor of EIM in children with UC( OR=1.063, 95% CI: 1.025~1.103, P=0.001). Conclusion:The UC patients with EIM had more extensive lesions, more severe disease activity, significantly increased inflammatory indicators, and more commom glucocorticoid and biologic therapy.Increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate was an high risk factor of EIM in children with UC.