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Comparison of characteristics of patients with microscopic colitis and controls undergoing screening colonoscopy
| Characteristic | Microscopic colitis (n = 221) |
Controls (n = 306) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (in years) (SD) | 65.7 (15.4) | 61.0 (9.9) | < 0.001 |
| Gender | < 0.001 | ||
| Female | 77% | 50% | |
| Male | 23% | 50% | |
| Mean Body mass index (in kg/m2) (SD) | 26.0 (5.2) | 29.0 (5.9) | < 0.001 |
| Ever smoking | 45% | 31% | 0.001 |
