Table 3.

Demographic data of patients used for epithelial cell isolation. n: number of subjects; St. dev.: standard deviation; 5-aminosalicylic acid: 5-ASA.

	UC Inactive (n = 5)	UC Active (n = 5)
Average age (years)	39.3 (range 23–71)	42.1 (range 21–67)
Sex	Male: 3/Female: 2	Male: 2/Female: 3
Duration of disease; Mean (range)	10.6 years (1–34)	12.2 years (1–41)
Extent of disease	Left sided colitis 4; Distal colitis 1	Pan-colitis 3; Left sided colitis 2
Mayo score; Mean (St. dev.)	0.4 (0.5)	2.6 (0.5)
5-ASA	2	2
Thiopurines	1 (1 also on 5-ASA)	1 (1 also on 5-ASA)
No medication	2	2