Table 2.

Association between IMDC severity and CRP levels before and after treatment

Characteristic	N	Initial CRP Median (IQR)	p value	N	Post-treatment CRP Median (IQR)	p value
Diarrhea grade			0.015			0.238
1-2	23	12.1 (5.3-31.4)		38	3.4 (1.0-7.6)
3-4	43	35.1 (9.6-69.0)		61	4.1 (1.3-15.1)
Colitis grade			0.013			0.183
1	19	17.1 (7.8-28.9)		23	2.6 (1.0-4.5)
2-4	30	49.0 (12.1-82.4)		52	4.4 (1.9-14.9)
Endoscopic presentation			0.016			0.397
Active inflammation (ulcer ± non-ulcer inflammation)	52	30.1 (9.1-72.4)		81	2.6 (1.0-9.1)
Normal	16	15.4 (5.9-23.8)		21	3.8 (1.3-14.2)

IMDC, immune-mediated diarrhea and colitis; CRP, C-reactive protein; IQR, interquartile range.

Mann-Whitney U test was used for analysis and reported as median and IQR.