Intestinal permeability and its association with the patient and disease characteristics in Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients with CD (n = 125)

Variables	n (%)
Sex
Males	66 (52.8)
Females	59 (47.2)
Age (yr)
Median (range)	36 (14-66)
Patients with age < 40	76 (60.8)
Patients with age ≥ 40	49 (39.2)
Duration of the disease (mo)
Median (range)	50 (3-432)
Duration < 36 mo	52 (41.6)
Duration ≥ 36 mo	73 (58.4)
Activity of the disease (CDAI)
Median (range)	109 (10-343)
CDAI < 150	80 (64)
CDAI 151-220	29 (23.2)
CDAI 221-400	16 (12.8)
CDAI > 400	0 (0)
Area of involvement of the GI tract
Small intestine only (L1)	16 (12.8)
Large intestine only (L2)	62 (49.6)
Ileo-colonic (L3)	47 (37.6)
UGI involvement (L4)	23 (18.4)
Behaviour of the disease
Non-fistulizing non-stricturing (B1)	74 (59.2)
Stricturing disease (B2)	37 (29.6)
Fistulizing disease (B3)	14 (11.2)
Perianal disease	25 (20)
Extra-intestinal manifestations	49 (39.2)

CD: Crohn’s disease; CDAI: Crohn’s disease activity index.