Table 3.
Background characteristics of 8-week responders and non-responders
| Variable | Responder | Non-responder | P-value |
| N | 8 | 10 | |
| Male/ Female | 4/4 | 8/2 | 0.32 |
| Age, median ± range | 39 ± 15 | 33 ± 15 | 0.35 |
| Body weight, kg, median ± range | 54 ± 11 | 56 ± 7 | 0.62 |
| Disease duration (month), median ± range | 60 ± 48 | 54 ± 54 | 0.43 |
| Disease type: Extensive/ left-sided | 5/3 | 9/1 | 0.27 |
| In-patient/ out-patient | 2/6 | 8/2 | 0.05 |
| History of emergency hospitalization, mean times | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.05 |
| Lichtiger index ± SD | 8.4 ± 1.4 | 8.1 ± 2.1 | 0.55 |
| UCEIS | 5.5 ± 0.8 | 5.4 ± 1.3 | 0.68 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.7 ± 2.0 | 10.3 ± 1.5 | 0.01 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.6 ± 0.6 | 3.1 ± 0.7 | 0.09 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/dL) | 0.3 ± 0.6 | 1.8 ± 1.5 | <0.01 |
| Corticosteroid: Dependent/ refractory | 3/5 | 5/5 | 0.99 |
| Use of immunomodulator/ non-use | 2/6 | 2/8 | 0.99 |
| Previous biologics failure/ naïve | 6/2 | 9/1 | 0.55 |
| Previous biologics double or triple failure/ single failure or naïve | 2/6 | 7/3 | 0.15 |
| Previous calcineurin inhibitor failure/ naïve | 1/7 | 7/3 | 0.02 |