COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbation of ulcerative colitis

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

	Subjects (n = 289)	Controls (n = 256)	Probability
Age (yr)	45.0 ± 15.8	44.6 ± 15.6	0.6911
Sex (M/F)	147/141	125/131	0.6351
Height (cm)	163.6 ± 8.6	163.2 ± 8.4	0.6679
Weight (kg)	60.1 ± 11.3	59.9 ± 11.2	0.7465
Disease duration (yr)	11.6 ± 8.5	10.9 ± 8.2	0.3227
Smokers	69 (23.8%)	65 (25.3%)	0.7426
Disease extent
Total colitis	136 (47.0%)	129 (50.1%)	0.4373

No significant differences were seen between patients and patient controls for age, weight, height, disease duration, smoker rate, sex, or disease extent as total colitis rate.