Table 1.
Distribution of cases according to study groups and intensity of myositis in esophagus and colon with or without mega.
| Esophagus | Colon | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miosytis | Without mega | With mega | Without mega | With mega | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Present | 9 | 47 | 18 | 90 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 76 |
| Mild | 4 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 28 |
| Moderate | 4 | 21 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 |
| Severe | 1 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Absent | 10 | 53 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 84 | 6 | 24 |
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| Total | 19 | 100 | 20 | 100 | 25 | 100 | 25 | 100 |
Fisher's exact test to compare the presence or absence of myositis: esophagus × colon P = 0.0033, esophagus without mega × megaesophagus P = 0.0057; colon without mega × megacolon P < 0.0001; without megaesophagus × without megacolon P = 0.0044; megaesophagus × megacolon P = 0.2692.