Table 1.

Demographic, anthropometric and serologic data of enrolled patients

Group	UC (n=153)	Control (n=121)	p value
Age(y)	44.6 ± 10.7	49.1 ± 7.5	0.12
Gender(M/F)	79/74	57/64	0.07
Smoking history(%)	17.6	33.9	<0.01
BMI	24.4 ± 2.2	25.5 ± 1.8	0.09
Hypertension(%)	15.0	17.4	0.11
Diabetes	7.2	6.6	0.19
CRP(mg/L)	45.3 ± 14.5	6.9 ± 2.0	<0.01
WBC(*10E9/L)	10.8 ± 2.2	5.4 ± 1.6	<0.01

WBC, white blood cell,