Methods: Patients with Crohn’s disease, with

more than five years of clinical follow-up, managed at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital between 1994 and 2014 had objective clinical and laboratory data collected. An objective PLX4032 poor outcome was defined as the development of a fistula, a bowel stenosis or a bowel perforation. Cox regression was used to analyse the association between this outcome and serial laboratory values (CRP, platelet count, albumin level, fecal calprotectin, serum ferritin, serum haemoglobin), measured in the complication free period leading up to the development of the outcome. Recognized predictors of poor outcome were added to the model to assess independence of laboratory values. Results: 366 patients were reviewed and 311 had more http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Tigecycline.html than five years of follow-up. 185 had a complete clinical, biochemical and genetic record, yielding 2092 years of patient follow-up. 82 outcome events were observed occurring after a median of 5.54 years, in 167 abdominal surgeries, 485 cross sectional imaging procedures and 708 colonoscopies. 4927 haemoglobin levels, 4928 platelet levels, 4242 albumin levels, 3373 CRP levels, 968 ferritin levels and 733 fecal calprotectin levels were analyzed.

A consistent haemoglobin <105 (male) or 90 (female) (hazard ratio 2.29, p < 0.001), platelet count >360 (HR 2.66, p < 0.001), albumin level <32 (HR 7.047, p < 0.001), CRP > 10 (HR 1.92, p = 0.002), ESR > 18 (HR 1.67, p = 0.02) and ferritin

<150 (HR 6.19, p = 0.013) correlated significantly with a poor outcome on univariate analysis. After multivariate analysis with inclusion of recognized predictor variables, haemoglobin level <105 (male) or 90 (female) (HR 2.16, p = 0.0016), albumin level <32 (HR 3.30, p = 0.01) and platelet count >360 (HR 1.91, p = 0.025) maintained an independent MCE公司 association with outcome. ATG16L1 AG or GG genotype (HR 2.79, p = 0.047) , continued smoking (HR 1.76, p = 0.016) and L1 or L3 Montreal location at diagnosis (HR 2.32, p = 0.015) were also independently associated with outcome in the final model. Conclusion: Longitudinally measured haemoglobin level, albumin level and platelet count correlate with subsequent development of an objective poor outcome in patients with Crohn’s disease. Serial monitoring of these values may aid in therapeutic decision making. Continued smoking, L1 or L3 Montreal location at diagnosis and ATG16L1 AG or GG genotype were also associated with poor outcome.