Research Article

Narrow-Band Imaging Colonoscopy to Assess Mucosal Angiogenesis in Ulcerative Colitis

Table 1

Clinical features of the enrolled patients with UC.

Characteristics of patients

Total number of patients42
Sex
 Male25
 Female17
Age (yr)
 Range26-72
 Median45
Disease duration (yr)
 Range3-19
 Median4.1
Extent of UC
 Pancolitis8
 Left-sided colitis27
 Proctitis7
Disease activity based on Mayo score
 Inactive or quiescent (Mayo score: 0)9
 Mildly active (Mayo score: 1)18
 Moderately active (Mayo score: 2)10
 Severely active (Mayo score: 3)5

UC: ulcerative colitis.