Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with Crohn's disease (CD)

	No. of cases	Gender (F/M)	Age (years)	CDAIa (at blood donation)
Inactive disease
GC-responsive	6	4/2	40 ± 21	79 ± 37
GC-resistant	7	2/5	40 ± 17	80 ± 46
Active disease
GC-responsive	14	5/9	31 ± 14	243 ± 64
GC-resistant	15	10/5	36 ± 15	259 ± 80
Control	17	13/4	46 ± 18

Data are presented as mean ± s.d.

^aCDAI, Crohn's disease activity index. GC: glucocorticoid receptor.