Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients in the Lactobacillus GG (LGG) and placebo groups

	LGG (n=23)	Placebo (n=22)	p Value
Male	14 (60.8%)	15 (68.2%)	0.841
Age (y) (mean (range))	37.3 (22–71)	36.2 (22–64)
Smokers	10 (43.5%)	6 (27.3%)	0.410
Disease duration (y) (mean (range))	6.5 (0.6–21)	7.4 (1–19)
Disease location
Ileum	16 (69.6%)	19 (86.4%)	0.319
Ileum-colon	5 (21.7%)	2 ( 9.1%)	0.448
Colon	2 ( 8.7%)	1 ( 4.5%)	0.968
Previous resection	5 (21.7%)	6 (27.3%)	0.932
Primary indication for surgery
Obstruction	17 (74.0%)	15 (68.2%)	0.924
Fistula	6 (26.0%)	4 (18.2%)	0.780
Failure of medical therapy	0	3 (13.6%)	0.217

There were no statistically significant differences.