Clinical Significance of Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor-Beta-1 Levels in Assessing Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 2

Relation between plasma levels of HGF and TGF-β and degree of disease activity in the CD group and the UC group.

Degree of disease activity	Mild	Moderate	Severe
CD group
HGF range	661.0–999.0	1051.0–1665.0	1890.0–2121.0
Mean ± S.D.	819.9 ± 87.0	1391.9 ± 161.9	2011.6 ± 91.6	0.001
TGF-β
Range	678.0–1101.0	802.3–1801.0	1101.0–1900.0
Mean ± S.D.	879.2 ± 115.6	1260.0 ± 231.4	1540.3 ± 364.6	0.001
UC group
HGF range	703.0–1305.0	1203.0–1611.0	1733.0–2300.0
Mean ± S.D.	813.2 ± 133.4	1312.8 ± 95.4	1944.6 ± 102.6	0.0013
TGF-β range	689.0–1230.0	1226.0–1850.0	1823.0–2398.0
Mean ± S.D.	797.7 ± 134.8	1618.3 ± 134.9	1998.6 ± 113.7	0.0011