Crohn’s disease incidence evolution in North-western Greece is not associated with alteration of NOD2/CARD15 variants

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of IBD patients diagnosed during the period 1983-2005, in northwest Greece

	Crohn’s disease	Ulcerative colitis
Total numbers of patients	105	325
Region of origin
Ioannina	59	140
Arta	5	10
Preveza	2	36
Thesprotia	5	21
Corfu	33	113
Lefkada	1	5
Male: female (ratio)	66:39 (1.69)	208:117 (1.77)
Age at diagnosis (yr) (mean ± SD)	33.2 ± 12.9	45.7 ± 16.1
(range)	(18-70)	(18-93)
Men	33.4 ± 12.9	47.3 ± 15.1
Women	33.1 ± 13.2	42.9 ± 17.3
Follow up (mo) (mean ± SD)	92.9 ± 72.3	119.6 ± 73.8
(range)	(4-264)	(5-276)