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Department of Gastroenterology, Sydney Children's Hospital, High Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia.
Various markers are used to monitor disease activity in paediatric Crohn's disease (CD). We sought to determine whether C-reactive protein measurement was useful in the assessment of disease activity in children with CD, with comparison to the other markers of disease activity.
Details of disease activity, C-reactive protein and inflammatory markers were obtained retrospectively from the records of 100 outpatient visits by 63 children with CD.
The children were 12.6 (+/-3.4) years of age. C-reactive protein values correlated positively with disease activity (P < 0.0001). Children with inactive disease (according to pediatric CD activity index scores) had significantly lower C-reactive protein values compared to children with mild disease (P < 0.001). In addition, C-reactive protein values correlated well with ESR (P < 0.0001). Conclusions C-reactive protein measurements provided useful information in assessing children with CD and correlated well with a validated measure of disease activity.
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