High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease

Table 1 The background data of the paediatric IBD patients with CRP measurement at the time of the colonoscopy (n = 39)

UC	19
M/F	10/9
Pancolitis	16
Left-sided disease	3
CD	20
M/F	14/6
Ileocolitis	13
Colitis	7
Age (median, range, yr)	12.8 (1.9-18)
BMI (median, range, kg/m2)	18.40 (14.2-25)
Fresh diagnosis	20/39

Notably, all patients with Crohn’s disease presented with colitis. IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; CRP: C-reactive protein; UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; BMI: Body mass index.