Usefulness of fecal lactoferrin and hemoglobin in diagnosis of colorectal diseases

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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2007; 13(10): 1569-1574
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Table 2 Sensitivity of fecal Lf and Hb in various diseases

		Sensitivity
Diseases	n	Hb > 100% (No.)	Lf > 65% (No.)
Colorectal cancer	36	50.0 (18/36)	50 (18/36)
Colorectal polyp	157	12.1 (19/157)	15.9 (25/157)
Ulcerative colitis	62	40.3 (25/62)	46.8 (29/62)
Crohn’s desease	40	32.5 (13/40)	62.5^b (25/40)
Colorectal diverticulum	73	1.4 (1/73)	19.2^b (14/73)
Internal hemorrhoids	142	4.2 (6/142)	27.5^b (39/142)
Nonspecific colitis	20	15.0 (3/20)	20 (4/20)
Other diseases1	24	4.2 (1/24)	41.7^b (10/24)

^bP < 0.01 vs Hb. 1Including 4 cases of previous intestinal tuberculosis, 4 of submucosal tumor, 2 of ischemic colitis, 2 of rectal carcinoid, 2 of Behcet disease, 2 of rectal mucosal prolapse syndrome, 2 of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, 2 of Cowden disease, 1 of mucosa-associated lymphoma, and 1 of periappendiceal abscess.

Citation: Hirata I, Hoshimoto M, Saito O, Kayazawa M, Nishikawa T, Murano M, Toshina K, Wang FY, Matsuse R. Usefulness of fecal lactoferrin and hemoglobin in diagnosis of colorectal diseases. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(10): 1569-1574
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