Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and the controls.

	Control (n = 19)	UC (n = 24)	CD (n = 20)	P-value UC vs Control∗/CD vs Control†
Age	44.7 ± 4.9	42.5 ± 8.1	44.2 ± 8.7	0.39∗/0.60†
Sex, n (%)				0.22∗/0.65†
Male/Female	13/6	12/12	15/5
Body weight (kg)	62.6 ± 12.7	63.0 ± 12.5	55.2 ± 13.1	0.91∗/0.11†
Period of illness (years)	–	10.8 ± 10.1	7.6 ± 6.6	–
Disease extent, n (%)				–
	–	Rectal, 2	Ileal, 4
	–	Left-sided, 11	Ileocolonic, 12
	–	Pancolitis, 11	Colonic, 4
5-aminosalicylic acid, n (%)	–	23 (95.8)	10 (50.0)	–
Prednisolone, n (%)	–	5 (20.8)	3 (15.0)	–