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Clinical characteristics of study subjects
| Characteristics |
Patients with |
Controls | |
| UC | CD | ||
| Number of subjects | 108 | 79 | 200 |
| Age range (yr) | 14 - 83 | 17 - 75 | 20 - 60 |
| Age (mean±SD) | 44.0 ± 16.9b | 34.5 ± 12.7 | 32.5 ± 11.1 |
| Male/female (%) | 57 (52.8)/51 (47.2) 47 (59.5)/32 (40.5) 125 (62.5)/75 (37.5) | ||
P<0.01 vs controls.
