Fat Restriction Is Associated with Impaired Quality of Life in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Table 1

Background profiles and results from blood tests in patients with CD and UC.

	CD	UC	P value
Age (y)	35.6±7.3	41.7±17.3	.343^a
Sex (F/M)	19/14	20/11	—
Disease duration (y)	13.7±7.4	6.8±4.8	<.001^b
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	19.5±2.3	21.1±3.3	.025^b
Disease location (involving small bowel/not involving small bowel)	30/2	0/31	—
Glucocorticoid therpy	4	2	—
Immunosuppressive therapy	25	4	—
Immunopotentiating therapy (TNF-𝛼)	8	0	—
Enteral or total parenteral nutrition therapy	15	1	—
C-reactive protein (g/dl)	0.6±1.0	0.3±0.6	.135^b
Albumin (g/dl)	3.9±0.4	4.3±0.3	<.001^b
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	126.9±25.0	177.1±40.3	<.001^b

Values represent mean ±SD. Comparison of indices between patients with CD and those with UC was done by unpaired 𝑡 test^a or Mann-Whitney test^b depending on normality.