Sustained Clinical Efficacy and Mucosal Healing of Thiopurine Maintenance Treatment in Ulcerative Colitis: A Real-Life Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.

	Patient
Gender (%)
Female	104 (54.1)
Male	88 (45.9)
Age, years
Median (range)	36 (16–69)
Disease duration, years
Median (range)	3.3 (0–31)
Disease extension (%)
Extensive colitis	117 (60)
Left-sided colitis	75 (40)
Mayo endoscopic subscore (%)
Mayo 1	16 (9)
Mayo 2	91 (52)
Mayo 3	68 (39)
Smoking habit (%)
Yes	23 (12)
No/former smoker	169 (88)
Indication for starting thiopurines (%)
Steroid dependency	111 (58)
Maintenance after a severe attack	36 (19)
Frequent relapses	45 (23)
Cotreatment with mesalazine (%)	175 (91.1)
Duration of thiopurine therapy, months
Median (range)	36 (1–210)