Altered Chemokine Signalling in Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Acute Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Table 1

Clinical features of the study cohort.

	CTRL ()	AUC ()	RUC ()
Age (years)	40.4 ± 9.1 (23–50)	41.2 ± 11.1 (21–55)	42.7 ± 9.2 (25–57)
Duration of the disease (months)	—	87.0 ± 81.1 (0–228)	112.9 ± 97.3 (24–372)
Localization (number of cases)
Cholic	—	10	33
Pancholic	—	10	—
Ileum	—	—	1
Therapy (number of cases)
Glucocorticoids	—	14	—
Mesalazine	—	20	30
Azathioprine	—	3	2
Cyclosporine	—	1	2
Methotrexate	—	1	—

Means ± SD are reported. indicates sample size. CTRL = control group; AUC = acute ulcerative colitis; RUC = remitting ulcerative colitis.