Research Article
An Evaluation of the Correlation between Hepcidin Serum Levels and Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Table 1
Clinical and demographic characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease patients.
| | Ulcerative colitis | Crohn’s disease |
| Age (years) | 40.1 ± 12.7 | 47.2 ± 14.4 |
| | | % | | % |
| Gender | | | | | Female | 22 | 42 | 20 | 61 | Male | 30 | 58 | 13 | 39 | Localisation of ulcerative colitis | | | | | Proctitis | 8 | 15 | | | Left-sided colitis | 27 | 52 | | | Extensive colitis | 17 | 33 | | | Localisation of Crohn’s disease | | | | | Ileocolonic | | | 14 | 42 | Colonic | | | 6 | 18 | Ileum | | | 13 | 40 | Crohn’s disease | | | | | Fistulising | | | 5 | 15 | Inflammatory | | | 22 | 67 | Stricturing | | | 6 | 18 | Ulcerative colitis | | | | | Remission | 31 | 60 | | | Active | 21 | 40 | | | Crohn’s disease | | | | | Remission | | | 16 | 48 | Active | | | 17 | 52 |
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