Table 2.

Characteristics of samples analysed by EPIC array

Demographics	Controls (n = 16)	Cases (n = 16)
Age, mean (range ± SD)	23 (18–32 ± 5.4)	23 (18–32 ± 5.0)
Gender
Male (%)	4 (25)	4 (25)
Female (%)	12 (75)	12 (75)
Smoking status
Past (%)	1 (6.2)	1 (6.2)
Daily (%)	6 (37.6)	6 (37.6)
Occasional (%)	1 (6.2)	1 (6.2)
Never (%)	8 (50)	8 (50)
Physical health
Infectious (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Blood or immune (%)	0 (0)	1 (6.2)
Endocrine (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Eye or ear (%)	1 (6.2)	0 (0)
Neurological (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Heart or circulatory (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Respiratory (%)	0 (0)	2 (12.5)
Digestive (%)	0 (0)	2 (12.5)
Skin (%)	0 (0)	5 (31.3)
Musculoskeletal (%)	0 (0)	2 (12.5)