Demographic features of participating patients
| Ulcerative colitis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Inactive | Control | ||
| No of patients | 15 | 8 | 10 | |
| Sex (male/female) | 8/7 | 4/4 | 7/3 | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Range | 24–59 | 26–59 | 32–72 | |
| Mean | 39.3 | 38.6 | 56.4 | |
| Disease duration (y) | ||||
| Range | 0.5–14 | 1–19 | ||
| Mean | 6.9 | 8.2 | ||
| Treatment | ||||
| Cyclosporin | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steroids | 8 | 4 | ||
| Sulphasalazine/5-ASA only | 4 | 4 | ||
| No treatment | 3 | 0 | ||