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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Serum amyloid A is a better predictive biomarker of mucosal healing than C-reactive protein in ulcerative colitis in clinical remission

Total no. of patients

108

Sex: male/female

63/45

Total colonoscopy

199

Number of colonoscopies

 1

58

 2

30

 ≧3

20

Age during colonoscopy: median (range)

44 (12–72) years

Disease duration during colonoscopy: median (range)

9 (0–38) years

Montreal classification (%)

 E1/E2/E3

38 (19.1)/47 (23.6)/114 (57.3)

Clinical score at colonoscopy: median (range)

 CAI

0 (0–4)

Mayo endoscopic score: median (range)

1 (0–3)

Blood examination: median (range)

 CRP

0.04 (0.02–1.09)

 SAA

5.5 (5.5–90.1)

Therapies (%)

 Mesalamine

178 (89.4)

 Corticosteroids

18 (9.0)

 Immunomodulators

71 (35.7)

 Biologics

24 (12.1)

  1. CAI Clinical activity index, CRP C-reactive protein, SAA Serum amyloid A