Abstract:Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics, laboratory examination results and disease behavior of Crohn's disease (CD) based on disease locations which were divided into 3 groups [terminal ileal ± limited cecal disease (L1) group, colonic (L2) group and ileocolonic (L3) group] according to the Montreal classification.Methods From January in 2021 to June in 2022, 181 CD patients (66 cases of L1 group, 20 cases of L2 group and 95 cases of L3 group) who were hospitalized at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University were retrospectively collected. The clinical data and laboratory examination results of the patients were collected, and statistical analysis were used to display the differences of the three groups.Results The mean age of the L1 group was higher than that of L3 group (P < 0.05). In the L1 group, the proportions of patients with mucopurulent stool were lower than those of patients in the L2 and L3 groups (P < 0.05). The mean platelet (PLT) counts in the L1 group were lower than that of L3 group (P < 0.05). The proportions of perianal disease in L1 group were lower than those of L2 and L3 group (P < 0.05). The results of logistic regression analysis demonstrated that L2 and L3 subtypes of CD patients had higher Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) scores [odds ratio O^R = 1.017 (95% CI: 1.004, 1.031); O^R = 1.026 (95% CI: 1.016, 1.037), respectively, all P < 0.05], and L3 were independent risk factors for perianal CD diseases [O^R = 7.088 (95% CI: 2.390, 21.018), P < 0.05]. The results of ROC analysis showed that erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), PLT and others could be used as biomarkers for CD patients to predict different disease locations. Compared with L1 location for CD patients, when ESR took the threshold of 29.50 mm/h, the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.724 (95% CI: 0.579, 0.868) (P < 0.05), and the sensitivity and specificity for predicting L2 location were 77.8% (95% CI: 0.519, 0.926) and 64.1% (95% CI: 0.510, 0.754), respectively. In addition, when PLT took the threshold of 307 ×109/L, the AUC for predicting L3 location was 0.702 (95% CI: 0.618, 0.785) (P < 0.05), and the sensitivity and specificity were 72.3% (95% CI: 0.602, 0.826) and 65.2% (95% CI: 0.554, 0.752), respectively.Conclusions There were differences of clinical symptoms, laboratory examination results and disease behaviors among L1, L2 and L3 groups, which could help differential diagnosis the disease locations for CD patients.