Table 2.

Characteristics of IBD patients and controls

			CD	UC	Controls
No. of patients (total)			42	41	35
Patient specimens
	Pinch biopsies		33	23	34
	Blood		30	30	30
	Saliva		5	5	5
Sex
	Male, n (%)		20 (47.6)	28 (68.3)	13 (37.1)
	Female, n (%)		22 (52.4)	13 (31.7)	22 (62.9)
Age (y)
	Mean		42.7	47.6	56.6
		Male	46.7	50.3	55.4
		Female	39	41.8	57.4
	Range		18-71	18-88	26-82
		Male	18-71	27-88	26-82
		Female	19-65	18-62	34-75