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

Table 4 Comparison of biological data ratio after tacrolimus induction

Rate of biological data	Remission (n = 30)	Failure (n = 17)	P value
Week 1/week 0 Alb ratio	1.05 ± 0.14	1.02 ± 0.13	0.429
Week 2/week 0 Alb ratio	1.19 ± 0.20	1.02 ± 0.16	0.003
Week 1/week 0 CRP ratio	0.28 ± 0.49	1.28 ± 3.80	0.159
Week 2/week 0 CRP ratio	0.16 ± 0.23	1.42 ± 4.28	0.112
Week 1/week 0 Hb ratio	0.96 ± 0.13	1.01 ± 0.18	0.315
Week 2/week 0 Hb ratio	0.97 ± 0.13	0.98 ± 0.14	0.892
Week 1/week 0 WBC ratio	0.77 ± 0.32	0.84 ± 0.33	0.520
Week 2/week 0 WBC ratio	0.72 ± 0.30	0.86 ± 0.40	0.194

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