Background There is a need for simple, noninvasive patient-driven disease assessment
instruments in ulcerative colitis (UC). We sought to further assess and refine the previous
described 6-point Mayo score. Methods A cross-sectional study of 282 UC patients was
conducted assessing the correlation of the 2 patient-reported Mayo score components (6-
point Mayo score) with the simple clinical colitis activity index (SCCAI) and a single Likert
scale of patient-reported disease activity. Spearman's correlation, sensitivity, specificity, and …

To the Editor: I read with interest the article by Aggarwal et al. 1 In their article, they describe
a decreased rate of severe left anterior descending and multivessel CAD among patients
with IBD when compared with patients without IBD. This is in contrast to what has been
found in other systemic inflammatory conditions. I believe that the data presented in the
article might not be representative of the general IBD population. First, their study population
had low Framingham risk scores. The mean Framingham risk score among the non-IBD …