Table 3.

Presenting features in children with Crohn’s disease

Parameters	Central, %	Western, %	Eastern, %	P value
Weight loss	41.5	31.4	43.5	0.467
Abdominal pain	87.8	75	94.3	0.005a
Diarrhea	68.9	75	71.7	0.723
Blood in stool	39.2	29.4	18.9	0.048a
Complicated presentation	22.2	20.3	40.4	0.029a
High CRP	52	84.3	97.1	< 0.001a
High ESR	65.6	63	91.7	< 0.001a
Low serum albumin	58.3	72.4	87	0.014a
Anemia	46.3	54.7	77.6	0.003a

^aP < 0.05, it means the significant. CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.