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Patient characteristics
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age in years (range) | 44.3 ± 16.2 (24-79) |
| Sex | |
| male, (%) | 16 (43.2) |
| female, (%) | 21 (56.8) |
| Duration of disease in months (range) | 63.2 ± 33.2 |
| Type of disease | |
| relapsing-remitting, (%) | 28 (75.7) |
| chronic continuous, (%) | 9 (24.3) |
| Location of colitis | |
| pancolitis, (%) | 20 (54.1) |
| left-sided colitis, (%) | 17 (45.9) |
| Smoking habit, (%) | 8 (21.6) |
