Unsuspected Small-Bowel Crohn’s Disease in Elderly Patients Diagnosed by Video Capsule Endoscopy

Table 3

Indication for video capsule endoscopy in elderly patients.

Non-CD patients	189
Age: mean ± SD/range (years)	77 ± 5 (70–93)
Gender	91 females : 98 males
IDA	128 (67.7%)
Overt OGIB	32 (16.9%)
Abdominal symptoms	7 (3.7%)
AS	2 (1.1%)
IDA + abdominal symptoms	1 (0.5%)
IDA + overt OGIB	19 (10.1%)

CD: Crohn’s disease; : number; SD: standard deviation; IDA: iron deficiency anemia; OGIB: occult gastrointestinal bleeding; AS: ankylosing spondylitis.