Table 1.
Acute colitis prevalence and summary statistics of baseline characteristics by COI
|
|
Value
|
Total
|
Viral
|
Bacterial
|
P
value1
|
| Prevalence (%) | 16 | 84 | |||
| Season (%) | Spring | 24 | 35 | 22 | 0.001 |
| Summer | 39 | 15 | 44 | ||
| Autumn | 22 | 23 | 22 | ||
| Winter | 15 | 28 | 13 | ||
| Sex (%) | Male | 45 | 45 | 45 | 1.000 |
| DM (%) | Yes | 14 | 15 | 13 | 0.801 |
| CVD (%) | Yes | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1.000 |
| MALIG (%) | Yes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 45.1 ± 20.9 | 41.8 ± 21.5 | 45.7 ± 20.8 | 0.271 | |
| Height (mean ± SD) | 165.4 ± 9.6 | 166.5 ± 9.4 | 165.2 ± 9.6 | 0.487 | |
| Weight (mean ± SD) | 65.1 ± 14.6 | 67.8 ± 17.4 | 64.6 ± 14.1 | 0.271 | |
| BMI (mean ± SD) | 23.7 ± 4.1 | 24.1 ± 4.6 | 23.6 ± 4.1 | 0.492 |
1
Fisher's exact test for season, sex, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease;, and history of malignancy, and ANOVA test otherwise.
DM: Diabetes mellitus; CVD: Cardiovascular disease; MALIG: History of malignancy; BMI: Body mass index.