Figure 2

Risk factors regarding low bone mass occur with a similar frequency among patients with Crohn's disease, microscopic colitis and healthy subjects. Current steroid therapy is a risk factor for low bone mass, but this kind of medication was an exclusion criterion in this study. (MC: microscopic colitis, CD: Crohn's disease, HC: healthy control; paired and independent sample Student's t-tests were applied. The results are presented as percentage, BMD results are presented as mean ± standard deviation; ns: not significant.)