Table 1.
Clinical characteristics
| Group | Tbc colitis (n = 7 ) |
Nonspecific ulcers (n =18) |
P1 | |
| Suspicious tbc colitis (n = 9 ) | Suspicious IBD (n = 9 ) | |||
| M/F | 4/3 | 2/7 | 4/5 | NS |
| Median age (yr) | 40.1 | 44.1 | 28.1 | 0.03 |
| Chest X-ray (%) | ||||
| Active pulmonary tbc | 5 (71.4) | 3 (33.3) | 0 (0) | |
| Old pulmonary tbc | 0 (0) | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0) | < 0.001 |
| Normal | 2 (28.6) | 4 (44.4) | 9 (100) | |
| Lab finding (%) | ||||
| ESR rise | 7 (100) | 8 (88.9) | 9 (100) | NS |
| pANCA (+/-) | Not check | Not check | 1/8 (11.1/88.9) | |
| Small bowel lesion (%) | ||||
| No lesion | 4 (57.1) | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | |
| Jejunum | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Prox. ileum | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (11.1) | NS |
| Terminal ileum | 3 (42.9) | 5 (55.5) | 6 (66.7) | |
| Anal & rectal lesion (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
NS: Not significant.
1
Significant at P < 0.05 by Fisher’s exact test and Kruskall-Wallis test.