CRP and inflammatory bowel disease: Among all IBD patients, the CRP level had a median of 1.9 mg/l (IQR 0.7–6.0) at week −96, 2.5 mg/l (0.9–4.9) at week −48, 2.0 mg/l (0.7–4.9) at week −24, 2.0 mg/l (1.0–4.1) at baseline (week 0), 1.7 mg/l (0.8–4.8) at week 24 and 2.4 mg/l (1.1–5.2) at week 48 (Figure 2(a)).