TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of all participants.

	Patients (n = 22)	HCs (n = 22)	P-value
Age, years	33.60 ± 14.67	37.55 ± 7.43	0.292
Gender (male/female)	12/10	12/10	1.00
Education level, years	12.06 ± 3.23	12.80 ± 1.32	0.487
BMI	19.15 ± 2.93	/
Disease duration, months	59.78 ± 72.67	/
CRP, mg/dL	24.52 ± 24.41	/
ESR, mm/h	38.00 ± 27.70	/
Calpro, mg/L	323.90 ± 151.18	/
CDAI	171.12 ± 68.58	/

Values are represented as the mean ± standard deviation, except for the gender distribution. Two-sample t-tests were performed to assess group differences for age and education, and a chi-squared test for gender. P-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.

HC, healthy control; BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Calpro, calprotectin; CDAI, Crohn’s Disease active index.