Table 1

Demographic features of the participating patients

Mucosal disease activity		UC				CD				Non-IBD
Mucosal disease activity		Active	Inactive			Active	Inactive			Active	Control
n	14	10		4	5		6	6
Sex (M/F)	8/6	7/3		3/1	4/1		1/4	4/2
Age (y)
Range	24–59	33–65		19–44	19–52		44–64	32–72
Mean	38.2	38.7		28.2	30.4		52.6	53.3
Disease duration (y)
Range	1–19	3–18		2–8	2–20
Mean	8.3	10.2		5.0	10.4
Treatment
Cyclosporin	2	0		0	0
Steroid	4	4		2	2
Sulphasalazine/5-ASA only	4/1	5/0		0/1	0/2
No treatment	3	1		1	1

UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn's disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.