Patient characteristics
| Control | Crohn’s disease | Crohn’s disease (strictured/non-strictured) | Ulcerative colitis | Sigmoid diverticulitis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ileum | Colon | Ileum | Colon | ||||||||
| No of patients | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Mean (range) age (y) | 62 (49–76) | 58 (38–80) | 44 (28–61) | 38 (28–50) | 37 (22–49) | 49 (24–69) | 62 (39–74) | ||||
| Sex (M/F) | 2/3 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 4/1 | 2/3 | 4/2 | ||||
| Treatment (treated/total) | |||||||||||
| With steroids (prednisolone | None | None | 5/7 | 5/8 | 3/5 | 3/5 | None | ||||
| equivalent) | 10–30 mg/day | 10–30 mg/day | 10–20 mg/day | ||||||||
| With mesalamine | None | None | 7/7 | 6/8 | 4/5 | 4/5 | None | ||||
| 3 g/day | 3 g/day | 3 g/day | 2–3 g/day | ||||||||