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. 2024 Dec 11;17:6053–6064. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S485079

Table 4.

Comparison of Symptoms and Complications

Symptoms Ulcerative
Colitis(%)
N=454
Crohn’s
Disease(%)
N=333
p value
Diarrhea 181(39.9%) 94(28.2%) 0.001
Bloody stool 313(68.9%) 31(9.3%) <0.001
Mucus stool 116(25.6%) 2(0.6%) <0.001
Abdominal pain 232(51.1%) 175(52.6%) 0.687
Abdominal bloating 47(10.4%) 34(10.2%) 0.948
Nausea, vomiting 56(12.3%) 41(12.3%) 0.992
Fever, weight loss 21(4.6%) 15(4.5%) 0.936
No symptoms 9(2.0%) 11(3.3%) 0.245
Extraintestinal manifestations 20(4.4%) 29(8.7%) 0.014
 Oral ulcer 12(2.6%) 21(6.3%) 0.011
 Joint pain 9(2.0%) 8(2.4%) 0.689
 Rash 3(0.7%) 5(1.5%) 0.294
 Eye lesion 1(0.2%) 0(0.0%) 0.391
Intestinal stenosis 16(3.5%) 91(27.3%) <0.001
Intestinal obstruction 2(0.4%) 24(7.2%) <0.001
Bowel perforation 0(0.0%) 18(5.4%) <0.001
Fistula 0(0.0%) 34(10.2%) <0.001
Celiac abscess 0(0.0%) 6(1.8%) 0.006
Massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage 2(0.4%) 3(0.9%) 0.655
Canceration 2(0.4%) 0(0.0%) 0.511
Perianal lesion 0(0.0%) 74(22.2%) <0.001