Correlation between Serological Biomarkers and Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of the inflammatory bowel disease cohort (N = 214).

Variables	UC cohort	CD cohort
Total number	73	141
With CDI, n (%)	18 (24.7)	12 (8.5)
Age (years), median (range)	43.4 (43) [18–73]	32 (31) [15–62]
Male gender, n (%)	42 (57.5)	104 (73.8)
BMI (kg/m2)	20.8 (2.9)	18.6 (2.6)
Disease activity
Without CDI
Inactive/active	18 (24.7)/37 (50.7)	85 (60.3)/44 (31.2)
With CDI
Inactive/active	2 (2.7)/16 (21.9)	6 (4.25)/6 (4.25)
Localization of disease
Without colitis/with colitis		34 (24.1)/107 (75.9)
Distal colitis/left-sided/pancolitis	4 (5.5)/24 (32.9)/45 (61.6)

UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn’s disease; CDI, Clostridium difficile infection; BMI, body mass index.