Table 2.

Background characteristics of 2-week responders and non-responders

Variable	Responder	Non-responder	P-value
N	10	8
Male/ Female	6/4	6/2	0.63
Age, median ± range	38 ± 14	34 ± 16	0.59
Body weight, kg, median ± range	57 ± 7	53 ± 12	0.32
Disease duration (month), median ± range	51 ± 43	58 ± 59	0.82
Disease type: Extensive/ left-sided	7/3	7/1	0.58
In-patient/ out-patient	4/6	6/2	0.18
History of emergency hospitalization, mean times	1.1	2.0	0.02
Lichtiger index ± SD	8.2 ± 1.8	8.6 ± 1.5	0.44
UCEIS	5.3 ± 1.2	5.5 ± 0.9	0.68
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.2 ± 1.2	10.5 ± 1.1	0.05
Albumin (g/dL)	3.5 ± 0.6	3.1 ± 0.7	0.34
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	1.0 ± 1.7	1.4 ± 1.0	0.13
Corticosteroid: Dependent/ refractory	5/5	3/5	0.99
Use of immunomodulator/ non-use	2/8	2/6	0.99
Previous biologics failure/ naïve	8/2	7/1	0.99
Previous biologics double or triple failure/ single failure or naïve	3/7	6/2	0.15
Previous calcineurin inhibitor failure/ naïve	2/8	6/2	0.05