Clinical characteristics of the study population
| Patient No | Age (y) | Sex | Disease (months) | Suspected or known diagnosis | Final diagnosis | Disease extent (UC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn’s disease. | ||||||
| *Macroscopically normal mucosa, histologically typical picture of healed granular mucosa in chronic UC. | ||||||
| †CD was diagnosed according to the Vienna classification.10 | ||||||
| 1 | 44 | M | 244 | UC | UC | Pancolitis |
| 2 | 30 | M | 0 | UC | Lymphocytic colitis | – |
| 3 | 54 | M | 48 | UC | UC | Left sided |
| 4 | 48 | M | 4 | UC | UC | Pancolitis |
| 5 | 43 | F | 260 | UC | UC | Left sided |
| 6 | 25 | M | 0 | UC | Infectious colitis | – |
| 7 | 63 | F | 54 | UC | UC | Left sided |
| 8 | 71 | F | 1 | UC | UC | Pancolitis |
| 9 | 59 | M | 74 | UC | UC* | Left sided |
| 10 | 78 | F | 12 | UC | UC | Left sided |
| 11 | 21 | F | 1 | CD† | CD | A1 L3 B2 |
| 12 | 39 | M | 250 | CD | CD | A1 L3 B3 |
| 13 | 37 | M | 174 | CD | CD | A1 L1 B3 |
| 14 | 33 | M | 32 | CD | CD | A1 L4 B2 |
| 15 | 55 | F | 18 | CD | CD | A2 L1 B3 |
| 16 | 35 | F | 1 | CD | CD | A1 L2 B2 |
| 17 | 28 | F | 66 | CD | CD | A1 L2 B2 |
| 18 | 19 | F | 26 | CD | CD | A1 L3 B1 |
| 19 | 47 | M | 110 | CD | CD | A1 L3 B2 |
| 20 | 19 | M | 28 | CD | CD | A1 L4 B1 |
| 21 | 31 | F | 242 | CD | CD | A1 L3 B3 |
| 22 | 37 | F | 54 | CD | CD | A1 L3 B3 |