Table 1

Demographic features of the Crohn's disease study population stratified by ANCA and ASCA expression

ASCAANCA
All CDASCA+ASCApANCA+Other ANCA+ANCA
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Sex (M:F)85:7151:3734:3415:1828:2642:27
Age (y)41 (1)38 (1)1-150 44 (2)40 (2)42 (2)40 (2)
Age at CD onset (y)25 (1)22 (1)1-150 29 (2)26 (2)1-160 27 (2)1-165 23 (1)
Duration of disease (y)16 (1)17 (1)1-150 14 (1)14 (2)1-160 14 (1)1-165 17 (1)
Jewish ancestry (%)64 (41%)40 (45%)24 (35%)16 (48%)22 (41%)26 (38%)
Family history
 IBD (%)48 (31%)28 (32%)20 (29%)10 (30%)16 (30%)22 (32%)
 CD (%)33 (21%)19 (22%)14 (21%) 6 (18%)13 (24%)14 (20%)
 UC (%)17 (11%) 9 (10%) 8 (12%) 2 (6%) 7 (13%) 8 (12%)
Immunomodulatory therapy (%)126 (81%)77 (88%)1-150 49 (72%)27 (82%)39 (72%)60 (87%)
  • Values are mean (SEM) or number (%).

  • ASCA, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody; pANCA, perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; CD, Crohn's disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; UC, ulcerative colitis.

  • 1-150 p t-test<0.0001, ASCA+ vASCA;

  • 1-160 p Fisher's LSD test from ANOVA <0.0001, pANCA+ vANCA;

  • 1-165 p Fisher's LSD test from ANOVA <0.0001, other ANCA+ v ANCA-.