New means to monitor the effect of glucocorticoid therapy in children

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 19 children with IBD treated with oral prednisolone

Patient No.	Age (yr)	Sex	Diagnosis	Disease extension at diagnosis	Disease duration at inclusion (yr)	Maintenance medication at inclusion
1	14	Male	UC	Left-sided	2.9	5-ASA
2	14	Female	UC	Pancolitis	0.2	5-ASA
3	5.6	Female	UC	Distal	0.8	No
4	18	Male	UC	Pancolitis	5.6	5-ASA
5	17	Male	UC	Pancolitis	2.2	5-ASA
6	15	Female	UC	Pancolitis	3	5-ASA
7	15	Male	UC	Pancolitis	0.8	5-ASA
8	14	Male	UC	Pancolitis	0.1	5-ASA
9	14	Male	UC	Pancolitis	0	5-ASA
10	13	Female	UC	Pancolitis	3.7	5-ASA, AZA
11	12	Male	UC	Pancolitis	0	5-ASA
12	12	Male	UC	Pancolitis	0	5-ASA
13	12	Female	UC	Pancolitis	1.3	5-ASA
14	9.4	Male	UC	Pancolitis	4.2	5-ASA
15	7.4	Male	UC	Pancolitis	1.8	5-ASA
16	7.2	Male	UC	Pancolitis	1.3	5-ASA
17	15	Male	CD	Pancolitis	0	5-ASA
18	12	Female	CD	Pancolitis	10	5-ASA
19	16	Male	IC	Pancolitis	1.2	5-ASA

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; 5-ASA: 5-aminosalicylic acid; AZA: Azathioprine; IC: Indeterminate colitis; UC: Ulcerative colitis.