Plasma interleukin-18 reflects severity of ulcerative colitis

Table 1 Laboratory and clinical markers of ulcerative colitis activity in analyzed patients.

	Normal range	mean±SE	Correlation (r)
			plasma	mucosal
CRP [mg/dL]	0-5	18.5±4.8	0.65b	-0.13
SR [mm/h]	0-5	23.1±5.0	0.36	0.2
WBC [×103/mL]	4-10	6.8±0.6	-0.08	0.06
hemoglobin [mg/dL]	12-18	13.2±0.3	-0.36	0.07
fibrynogen [g/L]	1.8±3.5	3.5±28	0.3	0.14
albumin [g/L]	3.5±5.0	2.99±0.6	-0.43	0.42
protein [g/L]	6-8	5.8±0.2	-0.29	0.31
PLT [×109/mL]	130-400	246±19.9	-0.13	0.18
CAI	0	10.7±0.7	0.56a	0.47
DAI	0	6.6±0.7	0.54a	0.29
Endoscopic score	0	3.0±0.2	0.62a	0.36

Correlations between plasma or mucosal concentrations of IL-18 and values of particular markers are demonstrated through (r) values.

^aP<0.05,

^bP<0.01.