Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients with CD and matched controls.
| CD patients N = 278* |
Controls N = 1112 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (n, %) | |||
| Male | 195 (70.1%) | 780 (70.1%) | |
| Female | 83 (29.9%) | 332 (29.9%) | |
| Age at diagnosis, year (median, range) | 27 (12, 63) | N/A | |
| Follow-up, month (median, range) | 92.5 (0, 465) | N/A | |
| Comorbidities (n, %) | |||
| Hypertension | 22 (7.9%) | 88 (7.9%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 7 (2.5%) | 28 (2.5%) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 7 (2.5%) | 28 (2.5%) | |
| Viral hepatitis | 32 (11.5%) | N/A | |
| Coronary artery disease | 7 (2.5%) | N/A | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 9 (3.2%) | N/A | |
| Location at diagnosis (n, %) | |||
| Terminal ileal (L1) | 41 (16.7%) | N/A | |
| Colonic (L2) | 116 (47.4%) | N/A | |
| Ileocolonic (L3) | 88 (35.9%) | N/A | |
| Behavior at diagnosis (n, %) | |||
| Non-stricturing & non-penetrating (B1) | 160 (65.0%) | N/A | |
| Stricturing (B2) | 65 (26.4%) | N/A | |
| Penetrating (B3) | 21 (8.5%) | N/A | |
| SES-CD (Median, SD) | 7 (5) | N/A | |
| Smoking (n, %) | 0.60 | ||
| Never | 223 (80.2%) | 866 (77.9%) | |
| Past | 15 (5.4%) | 77 (6.9%) | |
| Current | 40 (14.4%) | 169 (15.2%) | |
*Inclusion criteria: patients aged 12–64 years with complete information on hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and smoking status.