Table 1.

Characteristics of the cohort of patients recruited in the study.

Characteristics		UC (n = 40)	CD (n = 47)
gender	female	17	13
	male	23	34
age (median ± STDEV)		41 ± 13 (23–69)	33 ± 12,4 (20–68)
smoking	smoker	8	9
	non-smoker	32	38
vit.D supplementation	supplemented	5	8
	non-supplemented	35	39
CDAI	≤150		35
	>150		12
MAYO	0–1	25
	2–3	15