Table 3.

Association between IMDC outcomes and CRP levels before and after treatment

Characteristic	N	Initial CRP Median (IQR)	p value	N	Post-treatment CRP Median (IQR)	p value
Clinical remission			0.146			0.680
Yes	54	27.5 (9.4-59.5)		84	3.5 (1.2-13.5)
No	15	14.5 (7.8-32.3)		18	4.1 (1.0-10.7)
Endoscopic remission			0.884			0.063
Yes	18	20.7 (8.6-59.5)		32	2.2 (0.6-7.2)
No	12	20.0 (8.7-49.3)		23	4.0 (2.0-10.3)
Histologic remission			0.613			0.143
Yes	14	18.1 (12.1-40.0)		24	2.0 (0.6-6.2)
No	18	27.8 (8.6-69.0)		33	3.8 (1.9-9.1)
Symptom recurrence			0.310			0.512
Yes	18	27.5 (15.2-55.4)		29	3.8(1.6-17.5)
No	52	17.9 (7.4-45.8)		72	3.5(1.0-10.9)

Footnote: Mann-Whitney U test was used and reported as median and IQR.