Basic Research
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2005; 11(10): 1489-1495
Published online Mar 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i10.1489
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the different cohorts of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients.
Budapest (n = 185)Veszprem (n = 175)Szeged (n = 167)
Male/Female98/8788/8779/88
Age (yr)35.6±11.437.8±13.337.1±12.7
Age at presentation (yr)27.2±10.330.2±12.428.9±10.9
Duration (yr)8.9±6.67.7±6.88.0±7.3
Familial IBD, n (%)63 (11.9)38 (11.1)25 (13.5)
Location (n) L1435439
L2374752
L31037474
L4202
Behavior (n) B1886562
B2403949
B3567156
Perianal disease, n (%)41 (22.1)49 (28.0)50 (29.9)
Frequent relapse, n (%)59 (31.9)72 (41.1)64 (38.6)
Extraintestinal manifestations, n (%)67 (36.2)61 (34.8)47 (28.2)
Operation, n (%)77 (41.6)76 (43.4)67 (40.1)
Smoking habits (n) No1159698
Yes556155
Previous152014
Table 2 NOD2/CARD15 genotype in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and controls, n (%).
ANOD2 genotype
Non-carrierAll carrierHeterozygousHomozygousCompound heterozygous
Controls (n = 200)167 (83.5)33 (16.5)33 (16.5)00
CD (n = 527)342 (64.9)185 (35.1)133 (25.2)130 (5.7)226 (4.9)3
Table 3 TLR4 D299G genotype in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and controls, n (%).
BTLR4 D299G
Non-carrierAll carrierHeterozygousHomozygous
Controls (n = 200)176 (88.0)24 (12.0)23(11.5)1 (0.5)
CD (n = 527)475 (90.1)52 (9.9)50 (9.5)2(0.4)
Table 4 NOD2/CARD15 SNP8, 12 and 13 in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and controls.
R702W (SNP8)1
G908R(SNP12)
3020insC (SNP13)1
CD n (%)Controls n (%)CD n (%)Controls n (%)CD n (%)Controls n (%)
Wild type466 (88.4)188 (94.0)494 (96.7)193 (96.5)425 (80.6)190 (95.0)
All carriers61 (11.6)12 (6.0)33 (6.3)7 (3.5)102 (19.4)10 (5.0)
Heterozygous45 (8.5)12 (6.0)33 (6.3)7 (3.5)89 (16.9)10 (5.0)
Homozygous16 (3.1)00013 (2.5)0
Table 5 NOD2/CARD15 and TLR4 D299G mutations in different cohorts of CD patients, n (%).
Budapest(n = 185)Veszprem(n = 175)Szeged(n = 167)
NOD2/CARD1564 (34.6)161 (34.9)160 (35.9)1
SNP817 (9.2)23 (13.1)221 (12.6)3
SNP1212 (6.5)10 (5.7)11 (6.6)
SNP1339 (21.1)133 (18.9)130 (18.0)4
TLR4 D299G21 (11.4)20 (11.4)11 (6.6)
Table 6 Further exon4 mutations in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and controls.
CD (n = 527)Controls (n = 200)
R703C111 (1 homozygous)0
R713C10
A755V21
E778K01
R791Q51
V793M21
Table 7 Clinical characteristics of CD patients, with respect to the presence or absence of NOD2/CARD15 mutations.
Total (n = 527)Non carrier (n = 342)Carrier (n = 185)1 allele (n = 133)2 alleles (n = 52)
Male/Female265/262174/16891/9471/6220/32
Age (yr)36.9±9.137.9±13.034.9±11.6135.2±11.734.3±11.4
Age at presentation (yr)37.1±7.629.8±12.126.4±9.7126.4±9.626.5±10.2
Duration (yr)8.2±5.08.1±7.08.5±6.78.8±7.07.9±5.8
Familiar IBD n (%)63 (11.9)38 (11.1)25 (13.5)17 (12.8)8 (15.4)
Location (n)L113684521362162
L213610333267
L3251152997128
L443101
Behavior (n)B121615165148317
B212871574215
B3183120634320
Perianal disease n (%)140 (26.6)89 (26.0)51 (27.6)36 (27.1)15 (28.9)
Frequent relapse n (%)195 (37.1)126 (36.9)69 (37.3)47 (35.3)22 (42.3)
Extraintestinal manifestations n (%)175 (33.2)117 (34.2)58 (31.3)45 (33.8)13 (25)
Arthritis n (%)147 (27.9)98 (28.7)49 (26.5)36 (27.1)13 (25)
Occular n (%)27 (5.1)18 (5.2)9 (4.9)9 (6.8)0
Erythema nodosum/Pyoderma n (%)48 (9.1)30 (8.8)18 (9.7)15 (11.3)3 (5.8)
PSCa18 (3.4)15 (4.4)3 (1.6)3 (2.3)0
Steroid use/440 (83.5)/282 (82.4)/158 (85.4)/114 (85.7)/44 (84.6)/
refractory n (%)44 (10)28 (9.3)16 (10.1)10 (8.8)6 (13.6)
Azathioprine use/337 (64.1)/208 (60.8)/129 (69.7)1/89 (66.9)/40 (76.9)4/
refractory n (%)19 (5.6)10 (4.8)9 (7.0)7 (7.8)2 (5)
Operation n (%)220 (41.8)128 (37.4)92 (49.7)166 (49.6)226 (50.0)2
Smoking (n)Never3081911178037
Active170115554213
Previous493613112
Table 8 Genotype–phenotype associations with particular NOD2/CARD15 alleles in CD patients.
None (n = 342)SNP8 (n = 61)SNP12 (n = 33)SNP13 (n = 102)
Male/Female174/16828/3314/1951/51
Age (yr)37.9±13.035.9±13.037.1±11.433.7±10.41
Age at presentation (yr)29.8±12.126.6±10.928.8±10.026.0±8.41
Duration (yr)8.1±7.09.3±7.611.4±6.427.7±6.1
Familiar IBD n (%)38 (11.1)9 (14.8)7 (21.1)11 (10.8)
LocationL184167322
L210312516
L3152332053
L43011
BehaviorB115122834
B271151331
B3120141237
Perianal disease n (%)89 (26.0)18 (29.5)7 (21.1)32 (31.4)
Frequent relapse n (%)126 (36.9)24 (39.3)13 (39.4)38 (37.3)
Extraintestinal manifestations n (%)117 (34.2)17 (27.8)14 (42.4)31 (30.4)
Arthritis n (%)98 (28.7)16 (26.2)14 (42.2)24 (23.5)
Occular n (%)18 (5.2)1 (1.6)2 (6.1)4 (3.9)
Erythema nodosum/
Pyoderma n (%)30 (8.8)5 (8.2)4 (12.1)7 (6.9)
PSC n (%)15 (4.4)1 (1.6)02 (1.9)
Steroid use/282 (82.4)/51 (83.6)/31 (93.9)/88 (86.3)/
refractory n (%)28 (9.3)7 (13.7)2 (16.1)6 (6.8)
Azathioprine use/ refractory n (%)208 (60.8)/38 (62.3)/32 (97)1/69 (67.6)/
10 (4.8)4 (10.5)2 (11.1)3 (4.3)
Operationn (%)128 (37.4)27 (44.3)23 (69.7)153 (52.0)2
Smoking habitsNever191442165
Active11512933
Previous36534