Table 2.

Comparisons of Serum Biomarkers between Patients with UC and Healthy Controls

Variable	UC group (n = 48)	Control group (n = 96)	P-value	Reference
WBC (/µL)	7,750.00 ± 2,932.21	5,335.42 ± 1,271.46	< 0.001	4,000–10,000
NLR	3.24 ± 2.78	1.52 ± 0.61	< 0.001	-
PLR	187.01 ± 136.94	132.88 ± 45.72	< 0.001	-
ESR (mm/hr)	43.45 ± 29.96	18.85 ± 15.81	< 0.001	0–30
CRP (mg/dL)	0.79 ± 1.43	0.14 ± 0.31	< 0.001	0.0–0.5

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

UC, ulcerative colitis; WBC, white blood cell; NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet to lymphocyte ratio; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein.