Table 4.
Presenting features in children with ulcerative colitis
| Parameters | Central, % | Western, % | Eastern, % | P value |
| Weight loss | 41.5 | 31.4 | 43.5 | 0.467 |
| Abdominal pain | 67.9 | 52.9 | 73.9 | 0.139 |
| Diarrhea | 73.6 | 92.2 | 78.3 | 0.033a |
| Blood in stool | 92.5 | 96.1 | 91.3 | 0.64 |
| Pancolitis at presentation | 67.9 | 23.5 | 43.5 | < 0.001a |
| High CRP | 58.8 | 71.4 | 45.5 | 0.347 |
| High ESR | 71.4 | 75 | 83.3 | 0.605 |
| Low serum albumin | 48.6 | 30.4 | 52.9 | 0.247 |
| Anemia | 57.4 | 55.6 | 90.9 | 0.006a |
a
P < 0.05, it means the significant. CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.