Early serum albumin changes in patients with ulcerative colitis treated with tacrolimus will predict clinical outcome

Table 3 Comparison of biological data before and after tacrolimus induction

Biological data	Remission (n = 30)	Failure (n = 17)	P value
Serum Alb at week 0 (g/dL)	2.83 ± 0.68	2.81 ± 0.72	0.897
Serum Alb at week 1 (g/dL)	2.94 ± 0.61	2.85 ± 0.78	0.651
Serum Alb at week 2 (g/dL)	3.29 ± 0.57	2.81 ± 0.73	0.015
Serum CRP at week 0 (mg/dL)	5.58 ± 5.75	5.44 ± 5.45)	0.933
Serum CRP at week 1 (mg/dL)	0.88 ± 2.29	1.12 ± 1.51	0.696
Serum CRP at week 2 (mg/dL)	0.54 ± 1.50	1.17 ± 1.63	0.191
Hb at week 0 (g/dL)	11.2 ± 1.90	11.32 ± 2.06	0.871
Hb at week 1 (g/dL)	10.65 ± 1.60	11.15 ± 1.77	0.326
Hb at week 2 (g/dL)	10.78 ± 1.71	10.89 ± 1.88	0.837
WBC at week 0 (/μL)	8660.00 ± 4498.65	8846.47 ± 3876.21	0.887
WBC at week 1 (/μL)	5958.00 ± 2444.20	6618.24 ± 2201.22	0.362
WBC at week 2 (/μL)	5473.00 ± 2095.78	6672.35 ± 2154.37	0.069

Alb: Albumin; CRP: C-reactive protein; Hb: Hemoglobin; WBC: White blood cell. mean ± SD is shown.