Clinical details of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
| Crohn’s disease | Ulcerative colitis | |
| No of patients | 100 | 101 |
| M/F | 39/61 | 51/50 |
| Mean age (y) | 30.1 | 40.5 |
| Disease duration (y) | ||
| <5 | 60 | 40 |
| 5–10 | 29 | 23 |
| >10 | 11 | 38 |
| Active/quiescent | 47/53 | 28/73 |
| Disease location | ||
| Small bowel | 21 | |
| Colon | 37 | |
| Small bowel and colon | 42 | |
| Distal | 8 | |
| Left | 21 | |
| Pancolic | 19 | |
| Previous colectomy | 53 | |
| Previous surgery | 21 | 53 |
| Medical treatment | ||
| Sulphasalazine or mesalazine | 26 | 20 |
| Corticosteroids | 9 | 11 |
| Immunosuppressive drugs | 13 | 1 |
| Other treatment | 9 | 0 |