Association of FADS2 polymorphism rs174538 with fatty acid metabolism and disease severity in Japanese patients with Crohn’s disease

Table 3 Serological data for Crohn’s disease patients with wild-type or mutant allele

rs174538 in FADS2 gene	Wild-type (GG)	With mutant allele (GA or AA)	P value	Mean difference (95%CI)
Hemoglobin, g/dL	13.1	13.4	0.535	-1.3002 to 0.6833
Leukocytes, count/μL	5547	6203	0.206	-1684.2 to 372.83
CRP, g/dL	0.51	0.84	0.231	-0.8884 to 0.2202
ESR	20.1	22.1	0.707	-12.693 to 8.669
CDAI	115.2	114.6	0.983	-52.381 to 53.511

CDAI: Crohn’s disease activity index; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: Equivalent series resistance.