Table 5.

Spearman correlation coefficients between biomarkers and disease activity of inflammatory bowel disease

	UC (Mayo score)		CD (CDAI)
Biomarkers	r value	P value	r value	P value
RDW	0.147	0.022	0.361	< 0.001
ESR	0.438	< 0.001	0.636	< 0.001
CRP	0.599	< 0.001	0.753	< 0.001
NLR	0.399	< 0.001	0.444	< 0.001
PLR	0.311	< 0.001	0.428	< 0.001
LMR	− 0.499	< 0.001	− 0.452	< 0.001
Fibrinogen	0.529	< 0.001	0.625	< 0.001

P and r values were estimated using Spearman correlation analysis. UC ulcerative colitis; CD Crohn’ s disease; CDAI Crohn’ s disease activity index; RDW red cell distribution width; ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP C-reactive protein; NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; PLR platelet to lymphocyte ratio; LMR lymphocyte to monocyte ratio