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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics for Saudi Arabian IBD cases (244) and controls (124)

From: Gut microbiota analyses of inflammatory bowel diseases from a representative Saudi population

 

All

IBD cases

Controls

p-value

  

N

343

219

124

   

Age (Mean ± SD)

57.5 ± 12.5

34.0 ± 11.7

46.8 ±

9.9

< 2.2e-16

  

Sex N (%) Male

219 (63.8%)

143 (65.2%)

76 (61.2%)

0.86

  

Type-2 Diabetes N (%)

      

Yes N (%)

8 (2.3%)

8 (3.6%)

0 (0%)

0.013

  

Borderline N (%)

6 (1.7%)

6 (2.7%)

0 (0%)

  

Family history N (%)

16 (4.6%)

16 (7.3%)

NA

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Diagnosis

      

Crohn’s N (%)

135 (39.3%)

135 (61.6%)

NA

--

  

Ulcerative N (%)

84 (24.4%)

84 (38.3%)

NA

  

Normal N (%)

124 (36.1%)

NA

124

(100.0%)

  

HbA1c (%) Median [IQR]

5.7 [5.1,6.1]

5.7 [5.1,6.1]

NA

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CRP Median [IQR]

1.2 [0.3,3]

1.2 [0.3,3]

NA

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  1. Note: Statistically significant difference in CRP levels between Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Median [IQR]: 1.85 [0.5,3.85] vs. 0.6 [0.2,2] (p = 0.0002)