Table 7.

Comparison of Concomitant Diseases

Concomitant diseases	Ulcerative Colitis(%) N=454	Crohn’s Disease(%) N=333	p value
Yes	393(86.6%)	265(79.6%)	0.009
With two or more	333(73.3%)	196(58.9%)	<0.001
Rheumatic diseases	8(1.8%)	19(5.7%)	0.003
Hypertension	108(23.8%)	49(14.7%)	0.002
Pulmonary nodules	28(6.2%)	14(4.2%)	0.226
Cerebral infarction	23(5.1%)	12(3.6%)	0.325
Diabetes	35(7.7%)	14(4.2%)	0.044
Hyperlipidemia	12(2.6%)	8(2.4%)	0.832
Osteoporosis	27(5.9%)	25(7.5%)	0.384
Thyroid dysfunction	14(3.1%)	6(1.8%)	0.259
Colorectal polyps	95(20.9%)	27(8.1%)	<0.001
Reflux esophagitis	48(10.6%)	17(5.1%)	0.006
Peptic ulcer	34(7.5%)	30(9.0%)	0.441
Fatty liver	70(15.4%)	43(12.9%)	0.322
Autoimmune liver disease	0(0.0%)	1(0.3%)	0.423
Old pulmonary tuberculosis	20(4.4%)	7(2.1%)	0.079
Hepatitis B	9(2.0%)	9(2.7%)	0.504
EB virus infection	7(1.5%)	23(6.9%)	<0.001
T-SPOT positive	5(1.1%)	5(1.5%)	0.750
Upper gastrointestinal cancers	1(0.2%)	2(0.6%)	0.787
Colorectal cancer	9(2.0%)	1(0.3%)	0.051
Other tumors	18(4.0%)	16(4.8%)	0.567