Table 1 Basic demographics and clinical characteristics of enrolled subjects.

From: Dysbiotic signatures and diagnostic potential of gut microbial markers for inflammatory bowel disease in Korean population

Variables

Healthy

(n = 117)

CD

(n = 223)

UC

(n = 300)

P value

Statistical test

Demographics

 Age at index date (years)

42.1 ± 15.9

33.9 ± 11.7

47.2 ± 15.0

< 0.01

Kruskal-Wallis

 Gender, Female (%)

75 (64.1%)

55 (24.7%)

132 (44.0%)

< 0.01

Chi-square

 BMI (kg/m2)

23.7 ± 3.4

22.3 ± 3.8

23.2 ± 2.8

< 0.01

Kruskal-Wallis

 Height (cm)

164.9 ± 9.6

170.1 ± 8.0

165.5 ± 8.3

< 0.01

Kruskal-Wallis

 Weight (kg)

64.6 ± 12.3

65.0 ± 13.9

63.7 ± 10.6

0.88

Kruskal-Wallis

 Current smoker

9 (7.7%)

25 (11.2%)

15 (5.0%)

< 0.01

Chi-square

 Current alcohol consumption

43 (36.8%)

80 (35.9%)

103 (34.3%)

0.877

Chi-square

 Bristol Stool Scale score

4.00 ± 0.99

4.29 ± 1.31

4.02 ± 1.04

< 0.01

Chi-square

IBD characteristics

 Disease duration (years)

 

8.70 ± 5.78

8.88 ± 6.65

  

 Montreal classification

     

 L1, ileal

 

63 (28.1%)

   

 L2, colonic

 

11 (4.91%)

   

 L3, ileocolonic

 

149 (66.9%)

   

 B1, inflammatory

 

128 (57.4%)

   

 B2, stricturing

 

48 (21.4%)

   

 B3, penetrating

 

47 (20.9%)

   

 P, perianal disease

 

110 (49.3%)

   

 E1, proctitis

  

78 (26%)

  

 E2, left-sided

  

104 (34.6%)

  

 E3, extensive

  

121 (40.3%)

  

Current treatment

 Biologics, current use

 

172 (77.1%)

79 (26.3%)

  

 Immunomodulator, any

 

119 (53.3%)

119 (39.6%)

  

 Small molecules

 

N/A

13 (4.3%)

  

 Steroid

 

5 (2.2%)

1 (0.3%)

  

Disease activity

 HBI score

 

1.93 ± 4.53

   

 Partial Mayo score

  

1.76 ± 2.04

  
  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (%). IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; CD, Crohn’s disease; UC, ulcerative colitis; HBI, Harvey-Bradshaw index.