Table 1. General characteristics of young and middle-aged patients with Crohn’s disease.

No.	Gender	Age	Current disease activity	Duration of disease (years)	Duration of enteral nutrition (months)	Mode of enteral nutrition
P1	Male	20s	Severely active	1	2	Tube
P2	Female	20s	Mildly active	2	4	Tube/oral
P3	Female	30s	Remission	2	6	Oral
P4	Male	50s	Moderately active	7	17	Tube
P5	Male	40s	Moderately active	5	6	Tube
P6	Male	30s	Mildly active	3	7	Tube/oral
P7	Male	20s	Moderately active	8	32	Tube/oral
P8	Female	20s	Mildly active	3	2	Tube
P9	Female	20s	Mildly active	2	4	Tube
P10	Male	30s	Remission	4	11	Tube
P11	Female	30s	Mildly active	2	4	Oral
P12	Male	50s	Mildly active	13	29	Tube/oral
P13	Male	20s	Mildly active	2	3	Oral
P14	Female	40s	Mildly active	6	13	Tube

Note: ‘20s’=20–29 years old, ‘30s’=30–39 years old, etc; disease activity was assessed using the Harvey-Bradshaw Index; tube refers to enteral nutrition administered via a nasogastric or nasoenteric tube.