Table 2.

Reported measures of chronicity: percentage of biopsy specimens categorized as active/chronic or chronicity index score

Author	IV-S		IV-G		P
	Active/Chronic (%)	CI Score	Active/Chronic (%)	CI Score
Mittal et al.8		2 (0–8a		4 (0–9a	0.13
Yokoyama et al.10	83	2.0±?b	88	3.3±?b	0.76
Grootscholten et al.13		2.3 (1.7–3.3)c		2.7 (2.0–3.7)c	0.36
Hiramatsu et al.14	29		49		0.19
Yu et al.15	20	2.90±0.97d	28	3.29±2.03d	0.90

CI, chronicity index.

^aMedian (minimum–maximum values).

^bMean (SD not given).

^cMedian (interquartile range).

^dMean ± SD.