Levels and activities of von Willebrand factor and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type-1 motif, number 13 in inflammatory bowel diseases

Table 2 Comparison of active and inactive ulcerative colitis groups and controls

	Ulcerative colitis inactive	Ulcerative colitis active	Control group
	n = 21	n = 26	n = 50
Disease activity index (points)	2.33 ± 1.68b	7.96 ± 1.91	NA
White blood cells, × 103/μL	6.89 (4.91-7.74)	8.22 (5.54-9.65)	6.75 (6.1-7.9)
Platelet coun, × 103/μL	286.02 (216-303)b	326 (252-379)a	229.5 (199-268)
Haematocrit (%)	43.4 (39.95-44.55)b	39.85 (36.8-42.2)	41.1 (39.5-43)
Haemoglobin, g/dL	13.5 ± 1.67	12.7 ± 1.5a	14.3 ± 1.1
Fibrinogen, g/L	2.52 (2.19-3.92)b	4.97 (3.83-6.99)a	3.05 (2.48-4.16)
CRP, mg/L	1.24 (0.79-1.89)b	10.7 (7.22-20.8)a	1.68 (.98-2.24)

^aP < 0.05 vs the control group,

^bP < 0.05 vs active ulcerative colitis group. CRP: C-reactive protein.