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Table 1 Characteristics of the inflammatory bowel disease cohort

From: Predictive value of fibrinogen in identifying inflammatory bowel disease in active stage

Parameter

UC cohort (N = 245)

CD cohort (N = 543)

Age (years)

49 (37–60)

27 (22–33)

Sex: male

129 (52.7)

396 (72.9)

BMI (kg/m2)

19.5 (18.4–21.2)

18.9 (17.4–20.9)

Smoking: yes

39 (15.9)

84 (15.5)

Drinking: yes

22 (9.0)

44 (8.1)

Duration of disease (years)

1.7 (0.5–4.0)

1.8 (0.6–3.5)

Endoscopic inflammatory localization of disease

  

Proctitis

45 (18.4)

Left-side colitis

107 (43.7)

Extensive colitis

93 (38.0)

Terminal ileitis

130 (23.9)

Colitis

107 (19.7)

Ileocolitis

306 (56.4)

Remission stage

73 (29.8)

257 (47.3)

Active stage

172 (70.2)

286 (52.7)

  1. Values are expressed as n (%) or median (IQR). UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn’ s disease; BMI, body mass index