Table 1.

Age, ethnicity, inflammation (SES-CD score), and CRP levels for healthy controls, patients with noninflamed CD, and patients with active inflammation CD

	Control n = 31	Noninflamed CD n = 35	Active inflammation CD n = 35
Age (yr)
Mean	56 (±9)	47 (±11)	46 (±16)
Range	26–81	25–56	26–79
Ethnicity
White	8	16	23
Hispanic	23	17	10
African	0	1	1
Mixed/other	0	1	1
Inflammation (SES-CD)
Uninflamed (SES-CD score 0)	31	35	0
Moderate (SES-CD score 7–15)	0	0	30
Severe (SES-CD score 15–27)	0	0	5
CRP levels (mg/L)
Mean	0.47 (±0.17)	0.39 (±0.35)	1.37 (±0.33)

CD, Crohn's disease; CRP, C-reactive protein; SES-CD, Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease.