Table 1.

Demographic ve clinical characteristics of the patients and controls.

Variables	Control (n=40)	CD (n=46)	p-Value
Age (years)	31.5±9.5	35.2±7.9	0.059*
BMI (kg/m2)	25.1±3.9	24.6±3.7	0.625*
Gravidity (n)	2 (0–7)	2 (0–7)	0.084**
Parity (n)	1 (0–5)	2 (0–6)	0.159**
Abortions (n)	0 (0–4)	0 (0–5)	0.238**
Alive (n)	1 (0–5)	2 (0–4)	0.140**
Age at CD onset (years)	–	31.5±8.2	–
Age at CD diagnosis (years)	–	32.1±8.2	–
Disease duration (years)	–	4 (1–19)	–
Histology (Marsh classification) (n, %)
1	–	5 (10.8)	–
2	–	7 (15.2)	–
3	–	34 (74)	–
3a	–	7 (15.2)	–
3b	–	15 (32.7)	–
3c	–	12 (26.1)	–

^*Student’s t- test;

^**Mann-Whitney U-test.

BMI – body mass index.