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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Oct 18;55(3):318–326. doi: 10.1111/apt.16647

Table 1. Patient demographics for cases and controls.

Crohn's disease Ulcerative colitis
Cases
(n = 2231) (%)
Controls
(n = 13 279) (%)
Cases
(n = 2701) (%)
Controls
(n = 16 061) (%)
Median age (IQR) (diagnosis/index date) 29.8 (22.9-38.3) 29.8 (22.9-38.3) 33.2 (26.4-40.1) 33.2 (26.4-40.1)
Townsend
    1 412 (18.5) 2670 (20.1) 567 (21.0) 3385 (21.1)
    2 382 (17.1) 2353 (17.7) 526 (19.5) 2934 (18.3)
    3 401 (17.8) 2387 (18.0) 481 (17.8) 2981 (18.6)
    4 354 (15.9) 2096 (15.8) 394 (14.6) 2496 (15.5)
    5 268 (12.0) 1522 (11.5) 251 (9.3) 1704 (10.6)
    Missing 414 (18.6) 2251 (17.0) 482 (17.9) 2561 (16.0)
Weight
    Median BMI (IQR) 23.6 (21.0-27.6) 23.8 (21.2-27.9) 23.1 (20.8-26.4) 23.9 (21.3-28.0)
    Normal weight (BMI 18-25) 1042 (46.7) 5532 (41.7) 1436 (53.2) 7119 (44.3)
    Overweight (BMI 25-30) 428 (19.2) 2252 (17.0) 476 (17.6) 3050 (19.0)
    Obese (BMI >30) 310 (13.9) 1874 (14.1) 294 (10.9) 2313 (14.4)
    Underweight (BMI <17) 81 (3.6) 358 (2.7) 91 (3.4) 380 (2.4)
    Missing 370 (16.6) 3263 (24.6) 404 (15.0) 3199 (19.9)
Smoking
    Non-smoker 968 (43.4) 6480 (48.8) 1384 (51.2) 8078 (50.3)
    Ex-smoker 238 (10.7) 1112 (8.4) 395 (14.6) 1505 (9.4)
    Smoker 690 (30.9) 2980 (22.4) 563 (20.8) 3552 (22.1)
    Missing 335 (15.0) 2707 (20.4) 359 (13.3) 2926 (18.2)
Polycystic ovarian syndrome 56 (2.5) 328 (2.5) 58 (2.2) 464 (2.9)
Endometriosis 37 (1.7) 148 (1.1) 35 (1.3) 215 (1.3)
Pregnancy 630 (28.2) 3553 (26.8) 867 (32.1) 4606 (28.7)
Acne 341 (15.3) 2333 (17.6) 491 (18.2) 2710 (16.9)

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.