Small-Bowel Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Suspected Crohn's Disease—Diagnostic Value and Complications

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.

Number of patients	78
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	37.2 ±16.4
Gender (female) 𝑛 (%)	53 (67.9%)
Abdominal pain 𝑛 (%)	62 (79.5)
Diarrhoea 𝑛 (%)	47 (60.3)
Weight loss 𝑛 (%)	27 (34.6)
Arthralgias 𝑛 (%)	27 (34.6)
Fever 𝑛 (%)	11 (14.1)
Duration of symptoms (months) (mean ± SD)	22.3 ± 26.2
Anaemia 𝑛 (%)	42 (53.8)
Elevated CRP 𝑛 (%)	28 (35.9)

SD: standard deviation; CRP: C-reactive protein.