MicroRNAs expression influence in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: A pilot study for the identification of diagnostic biomarkers

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and clinical features of inflammatory bowel disease patients

	Ulcerative colitis	Crohn’s disease
Number of patients	10	10
Age at onset (yr, mean)	36.1 ± 18.31	31.6 ± 14.6
Sex, (%)
Male	40	30
Female	60	70
Race, (%)
Caucasian	100	90
Non-caucasian	0	10
Alcoholism, (%)	10	20
Smoking, (%)	20	10
Family history of IBD, (%)	10	0
Site of UC, (%)
Proctitis	20	-
Left-sided	30	-
Extensive	50	-
Site of CD, (%)
Ileal	-	20
Colonic	-	20
Ileocolonic	-	60

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease.