Table 1.

Basic characteristics of patients with CD in this study.

Characteristics	n = 207
Age (years)
Median	33
Gender
Male	152 (73.6%)
Female	55 (26.4%)
Duration from diagnosis to sampling
≤1 year	26 (12.5%)
1–5 year	76 (37.0%)
≥5 year	105 (50.5%)
Months (median)	63
Disease location at diagnosis
Small bowel alone	58 (27.9%)
Colon alone	23 (11.1%)
Small bowel and colon	126 (61.1%)
Disease behavior at diagnosis
Inflammatory (B1)	130 (62.5%)
Stricturing (B2)	32 (15.9%)
Penetrating (B3)	45 (21.6%)