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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Feb;16(2):10.1002/ibd.20992. doi: 10.1002/ibd.20992

TABLE 1.

Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics

Parameter Patients With RLSa,b (n=93) Patients Without RLSb (n=179) P value
Age, y, mean ± SD (range) 47 ± 13 (19-72) 42 ± 16 (18-84) 0.01
Male:Female, n 40:53 81:98 NS
CD location, n (%)
    Small intestine involvement 53/68 (77.9) 78/117 (66.7) NS
    Colonic involvement alone 27/68 (39.7) 74/117 (63.2) 0.002
Currently taking iron supplementation, n (%) 10/67 (14.9) 14/118 (11.9) NS

CD, Crohn's disease; NS, not significant; RLS, restless legs syndrome; SD, standard deviation.

a

Patients with RLS at any point in lifetime.

b

Total surveyed differed per parameter due to insufficient data from 1 study center.