TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics of participants at baseline in each group.

Characteristic	CD patients (n = 20)	Healthy controls (n = 22)	P-value
Gender (male/female)	8/12	10/12	0.721a
Age (years)	33.00 ± 13.35	37.82 ± 7.40	0.151b
CDAI	196.03 ± 33.43	N/A
SAS	35.45 ± 7.32	N/A
SDS	41.60 ± 7.38	N/A
Disease duration (months)	61.00 ± 70.58	N/A

^aχ² test; ^bIndependent t-test for continuous data (mean ± SD). CD, Crohn’s disease; CDAI, CD activity index; SAS, Self-rating Anxiety Scale; SDS, Self-rating Depression Scale; and N/A, not applicable.