Table 7.

Number of small bowel mucosal breaks per tertile along the length of the small bowel

	First	Second	Third	P value1
NSAID-muscovite group	0.8 ± 2.7	0.4 ± 1.3	1.3 ± 3.5	0.939
NSAID control group	2.8 ± 4.2	2.4 ± 4.1	5.9 ± 7.4	0.027
P value2	0.021	0.191	0.006

¹Calculated by using the Friedman χ² test;

²Calculated by using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.