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Characteristic of the patients in terms of medication intake and disease activity in CD group
| CD | Number of patients | Age at diagnosis (years) | The pattern of the disease | The extent of the disease | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||||||
| inflammatory | fistulating | stricturing | ||||||||
| < 16 | 17 to 40 | > 40 | ileal | colonic | Ileo-colonic | |||||
| Without medication | 13 | - | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 5-ASA | 10 | - | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Immunsuppressive therapy (cortisone, azathioprine, 6-MP) | 23 | - | 18 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| Anti-TNF a | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
