Creeping fat is associated with transmural healing in patients with Crohn’s disease receiving ustekinumab
Identifying predictors of transmural healing may provide insight into earlier dose optimization to improve the rate of transmural healing. Higher creeping fat scores (mesenteric creeping fat index and fibrofatty proliferation) were independently associated with a lower rate of transmural healing. Mesenteric creeping fat index and fibrofatty proliferation score demonstrated greater predictive efficacy compared to sarcopenia.
Authors
- Pan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1847-959X)
- Kexin Niu
- Minyi Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0034-2302)
- Lishuo Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0715-9941)
- Fangling Zhang
- Xiaochun Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-0380)
- Ling Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7621-2312)
- Peiyi Xie
- Jie Zhou
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insights into Imaging
- Published
- 2025-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-025-02101-7
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.63