Table 3.
Clinical Characteristics of ANCA-positive UC patients
| Characteristic | cANCA n = 4 (16%) |
pANCA n = 6 (24%) |
atypicANCA n = 9 (36%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 44.0 ± 17.6 | 35.5 ± 14.2 | 41.6 ± 7.4 | 0.52 |
| Age at diagnosis | 23.0 ± 13.6 | 26.8 ± 14.1 | 33.5 ± 8.6 | 0.29 |
| Gender-male | 4 (100) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (22.2) | 0.01 |
| Appendectomy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
| Family history | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 0.32 |
| Smoking | 1 (25.0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 0.33 |
| Passed surgery | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (11.1) | 0.49 |
| Localization | ||||
| Proctitis | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (22.2) | 0.38 |
| left Colitis | 1 (25.0) | 4 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | 0.38 |
| Pancolitis | 3 (75.0) | 1 (16.7) | 4 (44.4) | 0.38 |