Correlation between inflammatory markers and disease severity in ulcerative colitis

Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of ulcerative colitis patients, n (%)

Factor	Mild group (n = 37)	Moderate group (n = 45)	Severe group (n = 35)	χ2/F	P value
Age (year), mean ± SD	45.43 ± 12.62	45.07 ± 11.58	46.00 ± 11.38	0.061	0.941
Gender				0.514	0.773
Male	17 (45.95)	23 (51.11)	19 (54.29)
Female	20 (54.05)	22 (48.89)	16 (45.71)
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD	22.73 ± 2.82	22.53 ± 2.90	22.40 ± 1.90	0.147	0.864
Smoking history				0.595	0.743
No	29 (78.38)	35 (77.78)	25 (71.43)
Yes	8 (21.62)	10 (22.22)	10 (28.57)
Alcohol abuse history				0.232	0.890
No	27 (72.97)	32 (71.11)	24 (68.57)
Yes	10 (27.03)	13 (28.89)	11 (31.43)
Lesion location				0.504	0.777
Rectum	12 (32.43)	18 (40.00)	13 (37.14)
Colon	25 (67.57)	27 (60.00)	22 (62.86)

BMI: Body mass index.