Measurement of prostaglandin metabolites is useful in diagnosis of small bowel ulcerations

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study subjects

	CEAS (n = 20)	CD (n = 98)	P value1
Age, yr	56 (41-63)	44 (38-54)	0.098
Gender
Male	5 (25)	66 (67)	0.0008
Female	15 (75)	32 (33)
Smoking
Never smoker	16 (80)	68 (69)	0.42
Current smoker	1 (5)	13 (13)
Former smoker	3 (15)	17 (18)
Pulmonary disease	1 (5)	5 (5)	1
History of surgery	13 (65)	59 (60)	0.8
CRP, g/dL	0.30 (0.11-0.53)	0.13 (0.03-0.58)	0.26
Disease location
L1, ileal		34 (35)
L2, colonic		14 (14)
L3, ileocolonic		50 (51)
Disease duration, yr	33 (19-42)	20 (13-29)	0.0055

¹Mann-Whitney U-test or Fisher’s exact test. Data are the number (%) or median (interquartile range). Significant P values are indicated in bold. CEAS: Chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1 gene; CD: Crohn disease; CRP: C reactive protein.