TABLE 3.

Circulatory and Fecal Markers Before and After Treatment of Patients With IBD

	Active Inflammation	After Treatment	P *
PGA (mean ± SD)	2 ± 1	1 ± 1	0.001
CRP, mg/L (mean ± SD)	14.1 ± 20.6	1.3 ± 0.5	0.047
Plasma albumin, g/L (mean ± SD)	34.5 ± 4.6	37.4 ± 1.7	0.219
Blood leukocytes × 109/L (mean ± SD)	8.5 ± 4.3	6.6 ± 3.2	0.147
Fecal calprotectin, mg/kg (mean ± SD)	1033 ± 959	1051 ± 1976	0.063

*Wilcoxon signed-ranks test, active inflammation vs after treatment (paired samples only).

n = 15.