Table 1.
Clinical and inflammatory characteristics of children with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
| Clinical characteristics | Disease distribution/behavior | Biomarkers of inflammation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease subcategory | Sex (male/female) | Age (years) | CRP (mg/l) | ESR (mm) | Orosomucoid (g/l) | F‐calprotectin (mg/kg) | |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 15 | Pancolitis | 5 | 23 | 0·86 | 9 |
| Ulcerative colitis | F | 15 | Pancolitis | 5 | 29 | 1·3 | 2056 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 14 | Pancolitis | 5 | 52 | 1·2 | 1821 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 16 | Pancolitis | 5 | 11 | 0·77 | 841 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 10 | Pancolitis | 66 | 28 | 1·9 | 420 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 15 | Pancolitis | 5 | 5 | 0·77 | 337 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 15 | Pancolitis | 33 | 13 | 2·6 | 1737 |
| Ulcerative colitis | F | 10 | Pancolitis | 5 | 11 | 1·2 | 1917 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 14 | Pancolitis | 5 | 5 | 0·96 | No data |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 15 | Pancolitis | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2261 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 16 | Pancolitis | 13 | 20 | 1·6 | 1388 |
| Ulcerative colitis | F | 16 | Pancolitis | 5 | 8 | 1·1 | 840 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 16 | Pancolitis | 5 | 21 | 0·86 | 2673 |
| Ulcerative colitis | F | 14 | Pancolitis | 6 | 27 | 1·4 | 1541 |
| Ulcerative colitis | M | 9 | Pancolitis | No data | 3 | 0·79 | 912 |
| Ulcerative colitis | F | 15 | Pancolitis | 5 | 21 | 1·0 | 1485 |
| Ulcerative colitis | F | 16 | Proctitis | 5 | 1 | 1·2 | 202 |
| Crohn’s disease | M | 8 | Ileum, colon, perianal, stricturing | 58 | 34 | 2·0 | 1612 |
| Crohn’s disease | F | 12 | Ileum, colon, non‐stricturing | 53 | 20 | 2·2 | 691 |
| Crohn’s disease | F | 11 | Ileum, colon, stricturing | 68 | 34 | 2·8 | 1862 |
| Crohn’s disease | M | 11 | Ileum, perianal, non‐stricturing, OFGa | 19 | 16 | 1·4 | 1394 |
| Crohn’s disease | F | 16 | Ileum, colon, non‐stricturing | 13 | 10 | 1·6 | 738 |
| Crohn’s disease | M | 6 | Ileum, colon, non‐stricturing | 5 | 30 | 1·6 | 1220 |
| Crohn’s disease | M | 12 | Ileum, colon, non‐stricturing | 13 | 30 | 1·3 | 1418 |
| Crohn’s disease | F | 16 | Ileum, colon, non‐stricturing | 63 | 24 | 2·3 | 1078 |
a
Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG), an oral pathological manifestation associated with Crohn’s disease 49. ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP = C‐reactive protein.