Table 2.
Clinical Characteristics of ASCA-positive and ASCA-negative CD disease cohort
| Characteristic | ASCA positive n = 13 (52%) |
ASCA negative n = 12 (48%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 35.0 ± 9.1 | 38.1 ± 11.6 | 0.65 |
| Age at diagnosis | 26.2 ± 6.9 | 27.6 ± 9.8 | 0.89 |
| Gender-male | 8 (61.5) | 7 (58.3) | 0.87 |
| Appendectomy | 3 (25) | 2 (18.2) | 0.69 |
| Family history of IBD | 2 (15.4) | 3 (25) | 0.54 |
| Smoking | 5 (38.5) | 3 (25) | 0.47 |
| Anti TNF treatment | 6 (50) | 4 (33.3) | 0.43 |
| Passed surgery | 4 (30.8) | 6 (50) | 0.32 |
| Disease localization | |||
| Ileal | 5 (38) | 4 (33.3) | 0.61 |
| L2 | 0 (0) | 2 (16.7) | 0.61 |
| L3 | 6 (46) | 6 (50) | 0.61 |
| L4 | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 0.61 |