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Table 2 Epidemiology and laboratory parameters of ulcerative colitis patients, stratified by disease activity

From: Predictive value of fibrinogen in identifying inflammatory bowel disease in active stage

Parameter

UC remission (N = 73)

UC active (N = 172)

P value

Age (years)

47 (37–57)

50 (38–61)

0.331

Sex: male

32 (43.8)

97 (56.4)

0.072

BMI (kg/m2)

20.6 (18.8–21.7)

19.3 (18.3–20.8)

0.001

Smoking: yes

10 (13.7)

29 (16.9)

0.536

Drinking: yes

7 (9.6)

15 (8.7)

0.828

Duration of disease (years)

2.0 (0.7–4.3)

1.1 (0.3–3.8)

0.042

Neutrophil (109/L)

3.3 (2.7–4.4)

4.6 (3.4–7.2)

 < 0.001

Monocyte (109/L)

0.4 (0.4–0.6)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

 < 0.001

Lymphocyte (109/L)

1.7 (1.5–2.2)

1.8 (1.3–2.2)

0.428

Hb (g/dL)

12.8 (12.0–13.5)

11.9 (10.4–13.2)

 < 0.001

RDW (%)

13.2 (12.7–13.9)

13.3 (12.7–14.3)

0.635

Platelet (109/L)

235 (201–270)

281 (214–376)

 < 0.001

PT (s)

13.4 (12.9–13.7)

13.7 (13.1–14.6)

 < 0.001

INR

1.0 (1.0–1.1)

1.1 (1.0–1.1)

 < 0.001

Fibrinogen (g/L)

2.7 (2.3–3.2)

4.0 (3.0–5.0)

 < 0.001

CRP (mg/L)

3.0 (1.5–3.2)

12.8 (3.8–32.8)

 < 0.001

ESR (mm/h)

6 (2–15)

21 (11–37)

 < 0.001

NLR

1.8 (1.3–2.7)

2.8 (1.9–4.2)

 < 0.001

PLR

130.0 (100.0–174.1)

166.4 (121.6–222.5)

 < 0.001

LMR

4.2 (3.4–5.1)

2.7 (1.8–3.5)

 < 0.001

  1. Values are expressed as n (%) or median (IQR). UC ulcerative colitis; BMI body mass index; Hb hemoglobin; RDW red cell distribution width; PT prothrombin time; INR international normalized ratio; CRP C-reactive protein; ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate; NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; PLR platelet to lymphocyte ratio; LMR lymphocyte to monocyte ratio