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