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

Table 3

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 31 patients with confirmed CD during the follow-up.

Age (years) (mean ± SD)	35.8 ± 16.2
Gender (female) 𝑛 (%)	20 (64.5%)
Abdominal pain 𝑛 (%)	23 (74.2)
Diarrhoea 𝑛 (%)	47 (60.3)
Weight loss 𝑛 (%)	17 (54.8)
Arthralgias 𝑛 (%)	7 (22.6)
Fever 𝑛 (%)	7 (22.6)
Duration of symptoms (months) (mean ± SD)	18.5 ± 17.2
Anaemia 𝑛 (%)	20 (64.5)
Elevated CRP 𝑛 (%)	16 (51.6)
ICCE criteria present 𝑛 (%)	20 (68.9)
Symptoms plus extraintestinal symptoms and  signs 𝑛 (%)	6 (19.4)
Symptoms plus abnormal imaging 𝑛 (%)	9 (37)
Symptoms plus inflammatory markers 𝑛 (%)	17 (58.6)
Suggestive endoscopic findings present 𝑛 (%)	29 (93.5%)
Erosions/ulcers 𝑛 (%)	29 (100)
Ulcerated stenosis 𝑛 (%)	4 (13.7)
Villous atrophy 𝑛 (%)	3 (10.3)
Duration of follow-up (months) (mean ± SD)	30.7 (13.2)

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