Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Mechanistic Approach to Investigate Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Treatment

Table 1

Inflammatory markers used in the diagnosis of IBD.

Inflammatory markers
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
Leucocyte and platelet count
Albumin; Hematocrit
Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CDAI) in adults and Paediatric Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) in children^1
Faecal calprotectin
Faecal S100 A12
Fecal M2-pyruvate kinase (M2-PK)

1CDAI/PCDAI consists of a number of subjective and objective measures to provide an overall indication on disease activity. The laboratory components for PCDAI are ESR, albumin, and haematocrit.