Case Control Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2014; 20(28): 9534-9540
Published online Jul 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i28.9534
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Figure 1 Flow chart of enrolled patients. IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; pt: Patients; BPs: Bisphosphonates; DMT2: Diabetes mellitus type 2; PPI: Proton pump inhibitors; OGTT: Oral glucose tolerance test; IGT: Impaired glucose tolerance.
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Figure 2 Baseline levels of serum C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen in controls and in patients with Crohn’s disease active or in remission. CTX: C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen; CD: Crohn’s disease. aP < 0.05 vs control group.
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Figure 3 The effect of oral glucose load in serum C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen levels in patients with Crohn’s disease and in the control group. CTX: C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen; CD: Crohn’s disease. aP < 0.05 vs baseline values.
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Figure 4 %suppression of serum C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen levels at 2 h after oral glucose load in controls and in patients with Crohn’s disease active or in remission. aP < 0.05 vs control group; cP < 0.05 vs patients with active Crohn’s disease (CD). CTX: C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen.