Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Parameter	Value
Number of patients	52
Sex (men/women)	38/14
Median age (range), years	50 (18 – 80)
Median disease duration (range), months	120 (12 – 420)
Extent of disease
Total colitis/left-sided/proctitis	26/16/10
Mayo Endoscopic Subscore (MES)
MES 0/1/2/3	27/23/2/0
Treatment, n (%)
No therapy	1 (1.9)
5-Aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA)	50 (96.2)
Thiopurines	4 (7.7)
Biologics	3 (5.8)
Tacrolimus	1 (1.9)