Study patients | Patient’s diagnosed as having CD based on capsule enteroscopy findings | |
---|---|---|
*Some of the patients had more than one symptom. | ||
CD, Crohn’s disease. | ||
Patients (n) | 17 | 12 |
Age (y) (mean (range)) | 40 (18–68) | 34.5 (18–63) |
Males (%) | 47 | 50 |
Haemoglobin (g%) (mean (SD)) | 10.5 (1.8) | 10.5 (1.8) |
Anaemia* (%) | 58.8 | 75 |
Abdominal pain* (%) | 70.5 | 66.6 |
Diarrhoea* (%) | 35.3 | 58.3 |
Weight loss* (%) | 17.6 | 25 |
Duration of disease (y) (mean (SD)) | 6.3 (2.2) | 7.4 (3.2) |