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Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.
| Number of patients | 78 |
| Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 37.2 ±16.4 |
| Gender (female) n (%) | 53 (67.9%) |
| Abdominal pain n (%) | 62 (79.5) |
| Diarrhoea n (%) | 47 (60.3) |
| Weight loss n (%) | 27 (34.6) |
| Arthralgias n (%) | 27 (34.6) |
| Fever n (%) | 11 (14.1) |
| Duration of symptoms (months) (mean ± SD) | 22.3 ± 26.2 |
| Anaemia n (%) | 42 (53.8) |
| Elevated CRP n (%) | 28 (35.9) |
SD: standard deviation; CRP: C-reactive protein.
