Table 2.
Biopsy samples by conditions and locations
| No. Patients |
No. biopsies |
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| Terminal ileum | Transverse colon | Rectum | Unknown region | Total | ||
| H | 31 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 48 |
| IBS | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| CRC | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 20 | |
| UC | 25 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 50 |
| Location | ||||||
| Ulcerative proctitis (E1) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Distal UC (E2) | 11 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| Extensive UC or ulcerative pancolitis (E3) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| CD | 45 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 63 |
| Location | ||||||
| Ileal-CD (L1) | 19 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 25 |
| Colonic-CD (L2) | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Ileocolonic-CD (L3) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
H: Healthy controls; IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome; CRC: Colorectal cancer; UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease.