Table V.

Differences between relapsing and non-relapsing patients of inactive UC group regarding activity of the disease and used treatment

Parameter	Relapsing group (n = 7)	Non-relapsing group (n = 11)	P-value
Clinical activity (Truelove-Witts index)	1 (0–3)	1 (0–2)	0.83
Endoscopic activity (Mayo score)	2 (1–3)	1 (1–2)	0.36
Histopathological activity (Gupta score)	2 (1–3)	1 (1–2)	0.45
Disease location:
Left-sided	15%	9%	0.43
Pancolitis	85%	91%	0.78
Disease duration [years]	1.3 (0.5–2)	1.6 (0.8–2)	0.82
Nutritional status:
BMI z-score	–0.2 (–0.6 – 0.4)	–0.4 (–0.7 – 0.2)	0.52
Cole index	87% (82–98%)	85% (81–93%)	0.58
Treatment:
5-ASA	15%	30%	0.73
5-ASA and thiopurines	85%	70%	0.81

Data are presented as median values and ranges. BMI – body mass index, 5-ASA – 5 aminosalicylic acid.