Table 1.

Baseline demographic and disease characteristics of flare and matched control cases.

	Flares (n = 74)	Controls (n = 74)	P value
Age mean (Standard deviation, SD)	42.9 (12.2)	42.8 (13.1)	0.954
Sex % male	24.3%	24.3%	1.000
Disease type % CD	71.6%	71.6%	0.856
Experienced ≥ 1 IBD-related surgery	39.2%	40.5%	0.867
Current smoker	20.3%	14.9%	0.287
Current alcohol use	83.8%	74.3%	0.157