Table 4.
Odds ratios of viral or bacterial acute colitis prevalence for each of the 11 computed tomography parameters
| CT parameter |
Viral
|
Bacterial
|
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|
OR
|
95%CI
|
P
value
|
OR
|
95%CI
|
P
value
|
|||
| Wall thickening1 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.000 | 13.60 | 5.80 | 31.88 | 0.000 |
| Submucosal edema | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.000 | 36.08 | 13.54 | 96.13 | 0.000 |
| Mucosal enhancement | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.000 | 22.55 | 9.28 | 54.81 | 0.000 |
| Serosal involvement | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.000 | 14.50 | 3.33 | 63.23 | 0.000 |
| Empty colon sign1 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.41 | 0.000 | 6.68 | 2.44 | 18.32 | 0.000 |
| Small bowel involvement | 0.69 | 0.32 | 1.50 | 0.353 | 1.44 | 0.67 | 3.13 | 0.353 |
| Comb sign | 0.19 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 0.115 | 5.25 | 0.67 | 41.32 | 0.115 |
| Continuous distribution | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.000 | 24.09 | 9.38 | 61.90 | 0.000 |
| Accordion sign | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.89 | 0.038 | 9.02 | 1.12 | 72.35 | 0.038 |
| Mucosal thickening | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.000 | 46.41 | 10.38 | 207.51 | 0.000 |
| Lymph node enlargement | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.82 | 0.023 | 4.39 | 1.22 | 15.72 | 0.023 |
1
Recategorized to binary values of normal vs non-normal.
Adjusted for age, season, sex, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer history. CT: Computed tomography.