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Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2006; 12(9): 1435-1438
Published online Mar 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i9.1435
Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with CD in UMMC
Allpatients
Number34
Totalmales17(50%)
Totalfemales17(50%)
Age(range)12-56years
Meanage29±13.5years
EthincgroupMalay5(14.7%)
Chinese12(35.5%)
Indian17(50%)
Familyhistory0(0%)
Appendicectomy2(5.9%)
SmokinghistoryNonsmoker27(79.4%)
Exsmoker2(5.9%)
Currentsmoker5(14.7)
Table 2 Prevalence of CD overall and according to ethnicity
MalaysChineseIndiansOverall
CD (n)5121734
Total admissions539064459232330130828
Prevalence per 1059.226.952.626.0
admissions