Abstract
The mean daily intake of dietary fiber, sugar, starch, fat, protein, and total energy was determined in 35 patients with Crohn's disease and 70 normal controls by obtaining individual dietary histories. For each patient with Crohn's disease there were two controls, matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic background. In the patients with Crohn's disease the mean dietary fiber intake was established as 26.6 ± 1.4 g/day, compared to 22.3 ± 0.9 g/day in the controls, and was thus significantly higher (P < 0.05). When compared with the controls, the patients with Crohn's disease also exhibited a significantly higher consumption of sugar (156 ± 14 versus 91 ± 5 g/day (P < 0.001)), starch (211 ± 10 versus 170 ± 9 g/day (P < 0.01)), and total energy ( 14.4 < 0.7 versus 12.3 ± 0.5 MJ/day (P < 0.01)).
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