Table 1.
Demographic features of the 89 subjects included in the intestinal microbiota sequencing analysis.
| Caucasian | Hispanic | African American | All | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | MS | Control | MS | Control | MS | Control | MS | |
| Number of samples | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 45 |
| Age& [years; mean ± SD (range)] | 28.0 ± 8.5 (21–55) | 39.9 ± 12.3 (22–59)* | 32.7 ± 6.8 (20–44) | 32.8 ± 10.5 (19–56) | 34.8 ± 10.5 (35–58) | 39.1 ± 14.7 (22–63) | 31.8 ± 9.0 (20–58) | 37.1 ± 12.7 (19–63)$ |
| % Female | 60 | 85 | 53 | 69 | 77 | 77 | 64 | 76 |
| % within 6 months of diagnosis | / | 100 | / | 100 | / | 77 | / | 93 |
| % within 1 year of symptom onset | 100 | 94 | 57 | 84 | ||||
| % taking Probiotics | 7 | 27 | 47 | 38 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 29 |
| % receiving steroids in prior month | / | 13 | / | 0 | / | 14 | / | 9 |
$p = 0.02 versus all controls; *p = 0.005 versus CA control; &age at stool collection.