Application of Saccharomyces boulardii in combination with sulfasalazine in ulcerative colitis patients demonstrates significant effectiveness

Table 1 Baseline data comparison

Characteristic	Control (n = 63)	Observation (n = 64)	t/χ2	P value
Gender	-	-	0.065	0.797
Male	35	37	-	-
Female	28	27	-	-
Age (years), mean ± SD	44.27 ± 9.63	43.86 ± 9.87	0.236	0.813
BMI (kg/m²)	23.59 ± 1.86	24.11 ± 1.74	1.627	0.106
Duration (years), mean ± SD	2.65 ± 0.84	2.72 ± 0.81	0.478	0.633
Severity	-	-	0.411	0.521
Mild	25	29	-	-
Moderate	38	35	-	-

BMI: Body mass index.