Background
Methods
Participant recruitment
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Neuroimaging protocol
Statistical analysis for non-imaging variables
Results
Participants
UC patients
N = 18
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Controls
N = 18
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P
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Socio-demographics
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Age (years) | 39.06 (±9.64) | 36.89 (±11.01) | 0.54 |
Sex (male/female) | 10/8 | 10/8 | 1 |
Education (years) | 12.56 (±2.17) | 14.28 (±4.39) | 0.15 |
Clinical characteristics
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Duration of illness (years) | 10.33 (6.59) | ||
Duration of remission (years) | 3.94 (4.65) | ||
Age at diagnosis | 28.89 (9.73) | ||
Location | Proctitis/Distal Colitis 11 | ||
Left-sided Colitis 7 | |||
Extensive Colitis 0 | |||
Extraintestinal manifestations | None 18 | ||
Previous surgery | Previously treated 0 | ||
Never treated 18 | |||
Use of biologics | Previously treated 0 | ||
Never treated 18 |