Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Gender, female/male, N	45/84
Age, median [range]	44 [20–75]
Institution of patients, OUH/KUH	77 / 52
Disease location, N
Extensive/left-sided/proctitis	72 / 36 / 21
Treatment
5-aminosalicycic acid, N [%]	121 [93.4]
Corticosteroids, N [%]	37 [28.7]
Immunomodulators, N [%]	35 [27.1]
Biologic agents, N [%]	22 [17.0]
Calcineurin inhibitors, N [%]	6 [4.7]
Probiotics, N [%]	70 [54.2]
Antibiotics, N [%]	3 [2.3]
CRP, mg/dl, median [range]	0.11 [0.01–21.3]
CAI, median [range]	4 [0–19]
Matts grade, median [range]	3 [1–4]
Intervals of blood sampling and colonoscopy, median [range]	7 [0–272]

OUH, Osaka University Hospital; KUH, Keio University Hospital; CAI, clinical activity index; CRP, C-reactive protein.