Hirai 2010.

Methods	74 patients with moderate to severe UC from 8 institutes
Data	Patients received medical therapy and were evaluated clinically and endoscopically at weeks 2, 4, 8 and post‐treatment
Comparisons	Rachmilewitz Score (clinical) UCDAI (clinical) Lichtiger Index (clinical) Seo Index (clinical)
Outcomes	Construct validity (see Table 5)
Notes	Endoscopic scoring index evaluated: Baron Score, Rachmilewtiz Endoscopic Score
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Blinding?	Unclear	Not adequately described
Independent Observation?	Unclear	Not relevant (construct validity)