Prognosis of ulcerative colitis differs between patients with complete and partial mucosal healing, which can be predicted from the platelet count

Table 5 Change in blood marker values in patients with or without maintenance of complete mucosal healing n (%)

Variables	Maintenance of MES 0 (n = 26)	Shift to MES 1 (n = 21)	P value
Extent of disease
Pancolitis	13 (50)	13 (62)
Left-side colitis	10 (38)	3 (14)
Proctitis	3 (12)	5 (24)	0.15
Median (IQR) age at onset	36 (27-49)	28 (23-43)	0.2
Median (range) duration of disease, mo	132 (55-220)	152 (64-244)	0.65
Change in values of parameters
median (IQR)
ΔCRP (mg/L)	0.1 (-0.1-0.4)	0 (0.2-0.4)	0.95
ΔWBC (/μL)	-200 (-1680-780)	280 (-330-1030)	0.16
ΔHb (g/dL)	0.1 (-0.3-0.8)	0.4 (-0.1-0.8)	0.25
ΔPLT (× 104/μL)	-0.6 (-2.4-1.5)	3.8 (1.5-8.0)	< 0.0001
ΔAlb (g/dL)	0.1 (-0.2-0.3)	0 (-0.1-0.2)	0.82

MES: Mayo endoscopic subscore; IQR: Interquartile range, CRP: C-reactive protein; WBC: White blood cell; Hb: Hemoglobin; PLT: Platelet count; Alb: Albumin.