Table 1

Individual patient characteristics

Patient	Duration of UC	Preadmission 5-ASA?	Preadmission steroids?	Duration of steroids before blood taken^1-150	Response to treatment
1	New	No	No	<24 hours	CR
2	9 years	Yes	No	<24 hours	IR
3	5 months	Yes	No	<24 hours	TF
4	6 years	No	Prednisolone 5 mg daily	<48 hours	IR
5	New	No	No	Before steroids	TF
6	New	No	No	<24 hours	CR
7	1 month	No	Colifoam enema only	<24 hours	CR
8	New	No	No	<24 hours	CR
9	3 years	No	No	Before steroids	IR
10	17 years	Yes	Colifoam enema only	<48 hours	CR
11	19 years	Yes	Prednisolone 10 mg daily	<24 hours	CR
12	7 months	No	No	<48 hours	IR
13	10 years	No	Prednisolone 30 mg daily	<24 hours	CR
14	9 months	Yes	No	<24 hours	CR
15	New	No	No	<48 hours	CR
16	New	No	No	Before steroids	IR
17	9 years	No	No	<48 hours	CR
18	4 years	Yes	No	Before steroids	CR

↵1-150 Refers to the duration of high dose intravenous hydrocortisone given before blood was taken for PBMC separation and measurement of serum cortisol.
5-ASA, 5-aminosalicylic acid; UC, ulcerative colitis; CR, complete responder; IR, incomplete responder; TF, treatment failure.