Table 5.
The episode of disease relapse during the past 12 months among the ME (magnifying endoscopic) classifications and between the MVP (microvascular pattern) types of patients with ulcerative colitis.
| ME classification | MVP type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME-A (n = 5) |
ME-B (n = 24) |
ME-C (n = 10) |
ME-D (n = 7) |
MVP-R (n = 21) |
MVP-IR (n = 25) |
|
| Relapse during the past 12 months |
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| Present | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| Absent | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 |
| First attacking | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| P value | P < 0.005 | P < 0.05 | ||||
ME-A: regular arrangement of normal-appearing round to oval pits; ME-B: irregular arrangement with/without enlarged spaces between the even pits; ME-C: irregular pits in size and shape with more irregular arrangement of pits compared to ME-B; and ME-D: disrupted or disappeared pits.
MVP-R: regular, regularly arranged in a honeycomb-like structure; MVP-IR: irregular, MVP with irregular, tortuous structure.