Table 2.
Disease activity and inflammatory potential of diet of CD and UC participants and stratified for disease activity
| Disease activity CD | Disease activity UC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD | UC | Remission | Mild | Moderate | Remission | Mild | Moderate | |
| Disease activity | ||||||||
| sCDAI score | 93 [47–156] | – | 79 [44–103]a | 171 [165–191]b | 269 [233–326]c | – | – | – |
| Range | 44–357 | – | 44–146 | 150–218 | 220–357 | – | – | – |
| P-SCCAI score | – | 1 [1–3] | – | – | – | 1 [1–1]a | 3 [3–4]b | 7 [6–9]c |
| Range | – | 0–13 | – | – | – | 0–2 | 3–5 | 6–13 |
| Dietary intake | ||||||||
| Nutrient intake | ||||||||
| Energy (kcal) | 1912 ± 618 | 2011 ± 565 | 1958 ± 601 | 1789 ± 602 | 1780 ± 738 | 2050 ± 587 | 1919 ± 496 | 1958 ± 577 |
| Protein, EN% | 15.0 ± 2.5 | 15.3 ± 2.7 | 15.1 ± 2.4 | 15.0 ± 2.2 | 14.6 ± 3.1 | 15.2 ± 2.8 | 15.4 ± 2.6 | 15.2 ± 2.6 |
| Carbohydrates, EN% | 43.4 ± 7.3 | 42.5 ± 6.4 | 42.9 ± 7.4 | 45.6 ± 6.6 | 43.9 ± 7.2 | 42.2 ± 6.8 | 43.1 ± 5.7 | 43.1 ± 4.6 |
| Fat, EN% | 36.4 ± 6.2 | 36.5 ± 5.5 | 36.7 ± 6.1 | 34.4 ± 6.1 | 37.3 ± 6.8 | 36.6 ± 5.8 | 36.1 ± 5.2 | 37.3 ± 4.4 |
| DII | 0.79 ± 1.37 | 0.62 ± 1.28 | 0.64 ± 1.29a | 0.97 ± 1.51a, b | 1.52 ± 1.42b | 0.51 ± 1.28 | 0.78 ± 1.13 | 0.98 ± 1.61 |
| Range | −2.22 - 3.99 | − 2.32 - 4.10 | − 2.22 - 3.94 | − 1.53 - 3.61 | − 1.06 - 3.99 | −2.32 - 3.46 | −1.04 - 2.64 | − 0.86 - 4.10 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD for normally distributed data or median [interquartile range] when skewed. Categorical data are presented as n (%)
Abbreviations: CD Crohn’s disease, UC Ulcerative colitis, sCDAI Short Crohn’s Disease Activity Index, P-SCCAI Patient Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index, EN% Energy percent, DII Dietary inflammatory index
a, bgroups with the same superscript letters do not differ significantly after post-hoc analyses using the Bonferroni test (p > 0.05)