Table 1.

Patients and their disease characteristics

	CD	UC
Number of patients	10	10
Mean age in years (range)	40 (26–56)	49 (29–69)
Sex
Male	7	6
Female	3	4
Age at diagnosis
<40 years	6	4
>40 years	4	6
Activity
Active	10	10
Inactive	0	0
Medical treatment
Salicylates	10	10
Corticosteroids	10	10
Azathioprine	4	2
Location
Terminal ileum	6	–
Colonic	1	–
Ileocolonic	3	–
Pancolitis	–	10

CD, Crohn’s disease; UC, ulcerative colitis.