Research Article
Gene Expression Profiling of Mediators Associated with the Inflammatory Pathways in the Intestinal Tissue from Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Table 2
Clinical and demographic characteristics of ulcerative colitis patients and controls.
| Patients number, gender (F/M) | (52/48) | Age (years range) | (20-75) | Disease duration (1-3/>3 years) | (39/61) | Disease activity (active/remission) | (50/50) | Disease extension (Montreal classification) | ā | E1-proctitis/E2-left-sided colitis/E3-pancolitis | (35/9/56) | Endoscopic activity (inactive/mild/moderate/severe) | (50/26/12/12) | Histological activity (inactive/mild/moderate/severe) | (50/24/14/12) | Current therapy: 5-aminosalicylate/corticosteroids | (69/31) | Extraintestinal manifestations (without/arthritis/others) | (60/24/16) | Control group | | Number of patients, sex (F/M) | (21/39) | Age (year range) | (19-70) | Treatment (5-aminosalicylate/corticosteroids) | (0/0) |
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