Research Article
WISP1 Is Increased in Intestinal Mucosa and Contributes to Inflammatory Cascades in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients with IBD and controls.
| | Biopsy samples | | Con | CD | UC |
| Numbers of patients | 21 | 44 | 39 | Age (y) | 35.7 ± 8.9 | 44.2 ± 16.8 | 39.6 ± 12.3 | Gender | | | | Male | 9 | 21 | 22 | Female | 12 | 23 | 17 | Disease duration (month) | | 41.2 ± 16.7 | 44.2 ± 23.4 | Current therapy | | | | 5-Aminosalicylates | | 34 | 33 | Immunosuppressants | | 0 | 0 | Biologics | | 0 | 0 | Nutritional therapy | | 4 | 0 | Disease extent (UC) | | | | E1 | | | 13 | E2 | | | 16 | E3 | | | 10 | Disease location (CD) | | | | L1 | | 8 | | L2 | | 16 | | L3 | | 20 | | L4 | | 0 | |
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According to the Montreal classification system.
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