How to predict clinical relapse in inflammatory bowel disease patients

Table 3 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate as predictors of relapse in inflammatory bowel diseases patients

	No. Pt	No. R	Relapse rate	Mean ESR values R (mm/h)	Mean ESR values NR (mm/h)	P value
Brignola et al[5], 1986
CD	41	17	41%	24	9	0.0006
Tibble et al[66], 2000
CD	43	25	58%	21	13	0.200
UC	37	19	51%	13	20	0.200
Bitton et al[15], 2001
UC	74	27	36.5%	13.8	11	NS
Costa et al[67], 2005
CD	38	15	39%	20	15	0.077
UC	41	19	46%	15	11	0.056
D'Incà et al[65], 2008
CD	65	20	31%	25	15	0.005
UC	97	37	38%	14	11	0.690
García-Sánchez et al[69], 2010
CD	66	18	27%	17.5	16.2	0.230
UC	69	21	31%	14.1	7.6	0.180

R: Relapsers; NR: Non relapsers; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: Ulcerative Colitis; IBD: Inflammatory bowel diseases.