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Table 1 Demographical and clinical characteristics of 50 patients with Crohn’s disease

From: Bioinformatic and immunological analysis reveals lack of support for measles virus related mimicry in Crohn’s disease

Feature

Number

Sex (Male/Female)

24/26

Age (mean ± SD years)

39.2 ± 18.2

Disease duration (mean ± SD years)

6.9 ± 6.1

Disease location

 

  Ileocolonic/Colonic/Small bowel

39/10/1

Disease behavior

 

  Inflammatory/Fistulizing/Stenotic

31/5/14

Disease severity

 

  Inactive/Mild/Moderate/Severe

19/8/16/7

Smoking (Yes/No/Unknown)

15/33/2

Surgery (Yes/No)

10/40

Medication

None: 4; 5-aminosalicylic acid: 20; azathioprine: 15; steroids:11; anti-TNFα: 11; antibiotics: 1; enteral liquid diet:1

History of measles exposure

Vaccination: 15 (30%)

 

Natural infection:18 (36%)

 

Unknown:a 17 (34%)

  1. aThese patients were unable to provide information in their medical history concerning measles vaccination or exposure to measles virus infection.