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Daye Park1,2, Jihye Park1,2, Soo Jung Park1,2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsie University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background/Aims:
The impact of body mass index (BMI) on the clinical outcomes of intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) remains unclear. This study assessed the association between BMI and disease progression.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis of 760 patients with intestinal BD was conducted. Patients were classified by BMI as underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5-22.9), overweight (23.0-24.9), or obese (≥ 25.0). The association between BMI and clinical outcomes-biologics, surgery, hospitalization, and emergency visits-was examined.
Results:
Among 760 patients, 130 (17.1%) were underweight, 384 (50.5%) normal, 152 (20.0%) overweight, and 94 (12.4%) obese. Higher BMI linked to lower cumulative rates of biologics use (p trend = 0.002), surgery (p trend = 0.004), hospitalization (p trend = 0.004), and emergency visits (p trend = 0.008). Compared with the underweight group, the normal (HR 0.667, 95% CI 0.483-0.922, p = 0.014), overweight (HR 0.589, 95% CI 0.394-0.879, p = 0.010), and obese groups (HR 0.515, 95% CI 0.321-0.828, p = 0.006) had lower hospitalization risks. The overweight (HR 0.490, 95% CI 0.241-0.996, p = 0.049) and obese (HR 0.312, 95% CI 0.116-0.840, p = 0.021) groups were negatively associated with future biologics use. The normal (HR 0.705, 95% CI 0.480-1.036, p = 0.075) and obese (HR 0.510, 95% CI 0.272-0.953, p = 0.035) groups were negatively associated with future surgery in multivariable analysis.
Conclusion:
Lower BMI was linked to poorer clinical outcomes in intestinal BD, emphasizing the need to optimize nutritional status.
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