Table 2.

Comparisons of clinical activity indices, quality of life scores, and inflammatory makers with endoscopic activity indices

	Disease type
	Crohn’s disease SES	Ulcerative colitis Mayo
SIBDQ, n	207	161
Spearman correlation, rho (p value)	−0.16 (0.02)	−0.56 (<0.001)
HBI, n	247	N/A
Spearman correlation, rho (p value)	0.18 (0.005)
SCCAI, n		199
Spearman correlation, rho (p value)	N/A	0.55 (<0.001)
ESR, n	150	121
Spearman correlation, rho (p value)	0.30 (<0.001)	0.34 (<0.001)
CRP, n	148	124
Spearman correlation, rho (p value)	0.39 (<0.001)	0.46 (<0.001)

Bold values indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)

SCCAI Simple Colitis Clinical Activity Index, SIBDQ Short IBD Questionnaire, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate