Proteomics identifies a novel role of fibrinogen-like protein 1 in Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients for plasma proteomic analysis

Item	Crohn’s disease (n = 20)	Normal control (n = 20)	P value
Sex
Male	13	11	0.519
Female	7	9
Median age (range), yr	20.5 (14-43)	24.5 (18-46)	0.069
Disease location in the endoscopy
Ileum	6	N/A
Colon	6	N/A
Ileocolon	8	N/A

N/A: Not applicable.

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients for immunohistochemical assay

Item	Crohn’s disease (n = 20)	Normal control (n = 20)	P value
Sex
Male	15	13	0.731
Female	5	7
Age (mean ± SD), yr	27.1 ± 7.9	25.6 ± 4.5	0.465
Biopsy site
Terminal ileum	8	5	0.832
Ascending colon	2	1
Transverse colon	2	2
Descending colon	2	4
Sigmoid colon	4	6
Rectum	2	2

SD: Standard deviation.