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. 2007 Jan;56(1):149–150. doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.102723

Table 1 Allele and genotype frequencies by phenotype*.

Phenotypes All IBD5risk
n % Allele frequency (%) n %
Localisation
 Ileal (1+4+5+7) 271 83.4 48.0 197 72.7
 Perianal (2+4+6+7) 149 45.8 46.6 109 73.2
 Colon (3+5+6+7) 160 49.2 47.5 116 72.5
One location
 1 Ileal only 101 31.1 44.1 67 66.3
 2 Perianal only 10 3.1 20.0 4 40.0
 3 Colon only 27 8.3 46.3 20 74.1
Two locations
 4 Ileal+perianal 54 16.6 50.9 43 79.6
 5 Ileal+colon 48 14.8 49.0 34 70.8
 6 perianal+colon 17 5.2 32.4 9 52.9
Three locations
 7 Ileal+perianal+colon 68 20.9 50.7 53 77.9
p = 0.06
Behaviour
 Inflammatory 71 21.8 38.0 44 62.0
 Fistulising only 47 14.5 57.4 42 89.4
 Stenotic only 63 19.4 50.8 46 73.0
 Fistulising/stenotic 144 44.3 44.4 98 68.1
p = 0.01
Sex
 Female 230 70.8 45.2 160 69.6
 Male 95 29.2 48.4 70 73.7
p = 0.46
Smoking
 Ever‐smokers 167 51.4 43.4 111 66.5
 Never‐smokers 158 48.6 49.1 119 75.3
p = 0.08
Age of onset
 <17 55 16.9 51.2 41 74.6
 17–40 259 79.7 45.6 184 71.0
 >40 11 3.4 31.8 5 45.4
p = 0.15
Smoking
Age at onset, mean (SD) 23.4 (7.8) 22.8 (7.5)
All 325 100.0 46.2 230 70.8

*The p values refer to Pearson's χ2 test comparing counts within boxes.

†These categories are not mutually exclusive and therefore were not compared.