Characteristics of patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and Ulcerative colitis (UC) at enrolment by remission and relapsing groups.

Data are shown as frequencies and percentages for categorical variables, or median with minimum and maximum values for continuous variables. P were derived from Fisher’s exact test or Mann-Whitney U test. a) compared between the remission and relapsing group of CD patients. b) compared between the remission and relapsing group of UC patients. c) compared between CD and UC patients. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. n.s. not significant.