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. 2015 Sep 3;42(9):1082–1092. doi: 10.1111/apt.13387

Table 2.

Quality of life as measured by mean inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire scores among patients with mucosal healing, categorised by stool frequency and rectal bleeding levels of 0 or >0, at Week 8

Rectal bleeding/stool frequency subscore category Endoscopy subscore = 0 (N = 63) Endoscopy subscore = 0/1 (N = 192)
Mean IBDQ score Patients with IBDQ score ≥170 n (%) Mean IBDQ score Patients with IBDQ score ≥170 n (%)
Rectal bleeding subscore = 0 and stool frequency subscore = 0 186.3 (N = 18) 15 (83.3) 190.6 (N = 35) 30 (85.7)
Rectal bleeding subscore >0 and
stool frequency subscore = 0
NAa 0 170.3 (N = 6) 4 (66.7)
Rectal bleeding subscore = 0 and stool frequency subscore >0 185.1 (N = 37) 29 (78.4) 181.2 (N = 102) 73 (71.6)
Rectal bleeding subscore >0 and stool frequency subscore >0 154.9 (N = 8) 3 (37.5) 160.4 (N = 49) 21 (42.9)

IBDQ, inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire; n, number of patients with mucosal healing in the stool frequency/rectal bleeding category who reported an IBDQ score at a given time point; N, number of patients with mucosal healing and an IBDQ score at a given time point; NA, not applicable.

a

Among patients with IBDQ scores, no patients with rectal bleeding subscore >0 and stool frequency subscore = 0 had endoscopy subscore = 0.