Table 5.
Clinical Characteristics and Video Capsule Endoscopy Findings of 18 Patients with Crohn’s Disease
| Case no. | Age, yr | Sex | Duration of Sx, mo | BMI, kg/m2 | Abdominal pain | Weight loss, kg | Laboratory findings | Pre-VCE Dx | Positive VCE findings | ||||
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| Hb, g/dL | WBC,/mm3 | ESR, mm/hr | CRP, mg/dL | Albumin, g/dL | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | M | 2 | 23.7 | Yes | Yes (10) | 12.7 | 9,600 | 96 | 3.37 | 4.2 | Established CD | Yes |
| 2 | 16 | M | 3 | 16.4 | Yes | Yes (6) | 10.0 | 7,200 | 102 | 9.62 | 2.9 | Established CD | Yes |
| 3 | 26 | M | 3 | 17.4 | Yes | Yes (7) | 10.6 | 7,900 | 74 | 1.16 | 2.4 | Established CD | Yes |
| 4 | 47 | F | 8 | 18.7 | Yes | Yes (8) | 10.5 | 4,800 | 23 | 0.62 | 3.0 | Suspected CD | Yes |
| 5 | 21 | M | 2 | 18.5 | Yes | Yes (8) | 15.3 | 7,600 | 4 | 0.01 | 4.8 | Established CD | No |
| 6 | 17 | M | 1 | 22.9 | Yes | Yes (3) | 14.9 | 4,100 | 3 | 0.19 | 4.4 | Established CD | No |
| 7 | 36 | M | 1 | 19.3 | Yes | Yes (5) | 12.7 | 7,400 | 13 | 3.00 | 3.5 | Established CD | Yes |
| 8 | 80 | M | 4 | 20.8 | Yes | Yes (5) | 10.1 | 7,800 | 40 | 7.10 | 2.3 | Necrotizing enteritis | Yes |
| 9 | 57 | M | 12 | 23.0 | Yes | Yes (5) | 14.7 | 4,300 | 23 | 0.10 | 3.5 | Suspected CD | Yes |
| 10 | 71 | F | 2 | 23.7 | Yes | No | 10.4 | 7,800 | 26 | 0.09 | 3.4 | Suspected CD | Yes |
| 11 | 17 | M | 6 | 19.0 | Yes | Yes (12) | 11.9 | 9,200 | NA | 3.90 | 4.2 | Established CD | Yes |
| 12 | 23 | M | 13 | 24.8 | Yes | Yes (14) | 11.0 | 6,300 | 2 | 0.10 | 4.9 | Established CD | Yes |
| 13 | 30 | M | 1 | 17.6 | Yes | Yes (7) | 14.8 | 7,800 | NA | 0.20 | 3.9 | Established CD | Yes |
| 14 | 16 | M | 2 | 20.3 | Yes | No | 12.9 | 14,500 | NA | 1.90 | 3.5 | Established CD | Yes |
| 15 | 30 | M | 8 | 20.0 | Yes | No | 15.1 | 5,600 | 6 | 0.10 | 4.0 | Suspected CD | Yes |
| 16 | 27 | M | 5 | 23.9 | No | Yes (1) | 16.0 | 9,800 | 12 | 0.03 | 3.9 | Suspected CD | Yes |
| 17 | 68 | M | 9 | 17.8 | No | Yes (4) | 9.0 | 7,640 | NA | 0.03 | 3.7 | Suspected CD | Yes |
| 18 | 35 | M | 36 | 23.5 | Yes | No | 11.6 | 5,470 | 37 | 0.71 | 4.2 | Established CD | Yes |
Sx, symptom; BMI, body mass index; Hb, hemoglobin; WBC, white blood cell; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein; VCE, video capsule endoscopy; Dx, diagnosis; M, male; CD, Crohn’s disease; F, female; NA, not applicable.