Table 2.

Characteristic of the patients in terms of medication intake and disease activity in UC group

UC	Number of patients	Disease activity based on CAI score		The extent of the disease			Duration of disease in months (mean duration and range)	Duration of therapy in months (mean duration and range)
		< 4: remission	≥ 4: active disease	ulcerative proctitis	left sided	extensive UC
Without medication	11	1	10	4	5	3	8 (1-24)	6 (1-15)
5-ASA	11	8	3	4	4	3	36 (2- 56)	32 (4-38)
Immunsuppressive therapy (cortisone, azathioprine, 6-MP)	10	6	4	2	3	5	12 (2-46)	8 (2-36)
Anti-TNF a	1	-	1	-		1	6	1