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. 2006 Jun;55(6):809–814. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.084574

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals with Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), indeterminate colitis (IC), and controls.

CD (n = 496) UC (n = 512) IC (n = 96) Controls (n = 750)
Median age at diagnosis (y) 26 36 31
Median duration follow up (y) 13.2 12.9 12.1
Sex (F:M) 331:163 238:272 63:33 430:330
Smoking at diagnosis (%)
 Never 44.3 52.6 47.9 72.0%
 Ex 12.9 34.5 30.2
 Current 42.8 12.9 17.9
Jewish ancestry (%) 1.3 0.8 0.8
Family history of IBD (%) 24.2 21.5 21.9
Resectional surgery (%) 50.8 15.8 6.3
Location/extent (%) 29.8 ileal 50.5 extensive
30.0 colonic 14.7 <splenic
37.3 ileocolonic 34.8 <sigmoid
25.6 perianal
Behaviour (%)
 Stenosing 36.1
 Penetrating 23.4

IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.