Table 4.
Narrow band imaging-guided magnifying endoscopic findings of microvascular pattern (MVP) and pathognomonic histological features of ulcerative colitis.
| Microvascular pattern (MVP) type | Severe mucosal inflammation | Crypt abscess | Goblet cell depletion | Total case | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | ||
| MVP-regular | 3 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| MVP-irregular | 19 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| P value | <0.0001 | <0.0005 | <0.0001 | 42 | |||
MVP-regular: regularly arranged in a honeycomb-like structure; MVP-irregular: MVP with irregular, tortuous structure.