Crohn’s disease in one mixed-race population in Brazil

Table 2 Others parameters in whites and non- whites patients with Crohn’s disease in Bahia-Brazil, 2006

Parameters	Totaln = 65	Whitesn = 21	Non-whitesn = 44	P
Age (mean ± SD)	37.3 ± 13.0	39.4 ± 13.9	36.3 ± 12.6	NS
Females n/%	40 (61.5)	12 (57.1)	28 (63.6)	NS
Smoking				NS
Non-smoker	54 (83.1)	16 (76.2)	38 (86.4)
Current smoker	4 (6.2)	1 (4.8)	3 (6.8)
Ex-smoker	7 (10.8)	4 (19.0)	3 (6.8)
Perianal fistula	30 (46.2)	10 (47.6)	20 (45.5)	NS
Rectovaginal fistula	3 (4.6)	1 (4.8)	2 (4.5)	NS
Granuloma in biopsya	11 (17.2)	4 (19.0)	7 (16.3)	NS
Time of diagnosis				NS
Less than 10 yr	52 (80)	18 (85.7)	34 (77.3)
Equal to or more than 10 yr	13 (20)	3 (14.3)	10 (22.7)

NS: no statistically significant difference.

^aData on 64 patients.