Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, and endoscopic variables of the patients under investigation. Data are presented as medians (95% CI).

Age	37.5 (32.7–43.9)
Sex	9 M, 15 F
Diagnosis	Ulcerative colitis: 12
	Crohn’s disease: 12
PMS	pre-therapy	post-therapy	p
	5 (2–8)	0 (0–0)	0.0005
HBI	pre-therapy	post-therapy	p
	5 (4–6)	0.5 (0–1)	0.0005
S-IBDQ	pre-therapy	post-therapy	p
	159 (136–177)	203 (198–212)	0.0002
SES-CD score	pre-therapy	post-therapy	p
	11 (7–17)	1 (0–3.8)	0.0005
Mayo endoscopic score	pre-therapy	post-therapy	p
	2.5 (2–3)	0.5 (0–1)	0.0005

Abbreviations: HBI = Harvey-Bradshaw Index; PMS = partial Mayo score; SES-CD = simplified endoscopic score for Crohn’s disease; S-IBDQ = short inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire.