Table 2

Mean flare values in photons/ms in patients with ocular inflammatory disease

Ocular diagnosisIBD diagnosisNo of patientsFlare (photons/ms)
MeanSDMinMax
Previous uveitisCrohn's disease24.11.03.15.1
(Epi)scleritisCrohn's disease54.00.92.25.2
Ulcerative colitis33.71.12.75.1
Indeterminate IBD14.2
Anterior uveitisCrohn's disease4584.335.3120
  • IBD = inflammatory bowel disease.

  • In all patients with (epe)scleritis no active ocular inflammation was present at the time of flare measurement. In all patients with anterior uveitis the disease was active at the time of measurement.