Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the study population
| Crohn’s disease | Ulcerative colitis | HC | |
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| Number of patients | 252 | 53 | 43 |
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| Female | 117 (46%) | 21 (40%) | 27 (63%) |
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| Age (years): mean±SD, range | 42±17 (18–82) | 40±12 (22–73) | 37±8 (23–52) |
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| Age at onset (years) | 28±11 (16–69) | 30±9 (14–70) | |
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| Disease duration (years) | 11±13 (1–44) | 10±11 (2–34) | |
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| Disease phenotype | – | ||
| - Inflammatory (B1) | 94 (37%) | - | |
| - Stricturing (B2) | 91 (36%) | ||
| - Fistulizing (B3) | 67 (27%) | ||
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| Disease location | Small bowel 192 (76%) | Proctitis 11% | - |
| Proctosigmoiditis 23% | |||
| Left sided 13% | |||
| Extensive 9% | |||
| Pancolitis 44% | |||
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| Small bowel surgery | 67 (27%) | - | - |
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| Small bowel and colonic surgery | 91 (36%) | - | - |
Abbreviations: HC, healthy controls