Table 3.

Comparison of inflammatory markers between patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) with high and no/mild fatigue.

	UC high fatigue (N = 116)	UC no/mild fatigue (N = 172)	p
Calprotectin (µg/g)a	112 (27–663)	53 (17–190)	<.01
hs-CRP (mg/L)b	1.40 (0.39–4.03)	1.00 (0.40–3.00)	.35
IL-17A (pg/mL)c	1.79 (0.80–4.01)	0.96 (0.58–1.80)	<.01
IL-6 (pg/mL)c	0.84 (0.41–2.16)	0.88 (0.44–2.11)	.66
IL-1β (pg/mL)c	0.02 (0.00–0.18)	0.03 (0.00–0.30)	.55
IL-10 (pg/mL)c	0.46 (0.17–0.97)	0.41 (0.21–1.06)	.52
IL-8 (pg/mL)c	53 (18–1310)	73 (20–1451)	.62
TNF-α (pg/mL)c	1.85 (1.54–2.89)	2.16 (1.62–2.96)	.07
IL-13 (pg/mL)c	2.69 (0.28–12.03)	2.68 (0.32–13.15)	.60
IFN- (pg/mL)c	6.10 (3.68–12.84)	6.04 (3.51–9.91)	.50
IL-4 (pg/mL)c	0.03 (0.00–0.17)	0.02 (0.00–0.09)	.11
IL-12p70 (pg/mL)c	0.20 (0.07–0.39)	0.15 (0.07–0.43)	.46

All values expressed as median (IQR). Missing data: ^an = 18, ^bn = 29, ^cn = 40.