Table 4.

Total histological fibrosis and ulcer scores

	Mean total fibrosis score	SE	Mean total ulcer score	SE
NSCD	5.11	1.03	1.77	0.79
SCD	9.55	0.53	2.22	0.89
P value	0.003		0.70

Nine sample sets of archived small intestinal specimens from patients with CD were graded by an independent gastrointestinal histopathologist who was blinded to clinicopathological details and given total fibrosis and total ulcer scores. The mean total fibrosis scores were significantly higher in the stricture sets than the non‐stricture sets, with no significant difference in the total ulcer scores between the two groups.