Table 1 Comparison of interindividual similarity index of each healthy colonic mucosa or injured colonic mucosa segment versus mean intraindividual similarity index between injured colonic mucosa and healthy colonic mucosa.

	Healthy mucosa		Injured mucosa
	Right colon	Left colon	Left colon	Rectum
Number of samples	6	4	7	3
Mean (SD) similarity index (%)	62.4 (16.3)	71.2 (13.4)	59.5 (15.4)	79.2 (8.2)
Versus mean intra‐individual similarity (p value)	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.001