Interleukin-24 regulates mucosal remodeling in inflammatory bowel diseases

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients at colonic biopsy

	Control	CD (non-inflamed)	CD (inflamed)	UC
Number of patients	10	7	7	7
Gender	3M/7F	4M/3F	4M/3F	3M/4F
Age (year)	12.76 ± 4.15	13.11 ± 1.65	13.74 ± 2.29	14.52 ± 1.40
CRP (mg/l)	0.87 ± 1.37	30.15 ± 28.94	26.48 ± 31.03	7.43 ± 10.30
PCDAI/PUCAI	0	28.78 ± 10.51	27.50 ± 16.96	31.00 ± 20.12

Results are presented as mean ± SD. CD Crohn’s disease, UC colitis ulcerosa, M male, F female, CRP C-reactive protein, PCDAI Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Activity Index, PUCAI Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index

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