Table 4

Correlation coefficients between mucosal inflammatory mediators and histological grades of disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis

	MPO	HNL	ECP
MPO, myeloperoxidase; HNL, human neutrophil lipocalin; ECP, eosinophil cationic protein.
p<0.05 and *p<0.01 according to Spearman rank correlation.
Structural (architectural change)	0.75**	0.75**	0.80**
Chronic inflammatory infiltrate	0.77**	0.79**	0.76**
Lamina propria eosinophils	0.46	0.48	0.64*
Lamina propria neutrophils	0.75**	0.77**	0.61*
Neutrophils in epithelium	0.55*	0.59*	0.38
Crypt destruction	0.41	0.45	0.22
Erosion or ulceration	0.49	0.57*	0.40