Colonoscopy evaluation after short-term anti-tuberculosis treatment in nonspecific ulcers on the ileocecal area

Table 1 Clinical characteristics

Group	Tbc colitis (n = 7 )	Nonspecific ulcers (n =18)		P1
		Suspicious tbc colitis (n = 9 )	Suspicious IBD (n = 9 )
M/F	4/3	2/7	4/5	NS
Median age (yr)	40.1	44.1	28.1	0.03
Chest X-ray (%)
Active pulmonary tbc	5 (71.4)	3 (33.3)	0 (0)
Old pulmonary tbc	0 (0)	2 (22.2)	0 (0)	< 0.001
Normal	2 (28.6)	4 (44.4)	9 (100)
Lab finding (%)
ESR rise	7 (100)	8 (88.9)	9 (100)	NS
pANCA (+/-)	Not check	Not check	1/8 (11.1/88.9)
Small bowel lesion (%)
No lesion	4 (57.1)	4 (44.4)	3 (33.3)
Jejunum	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Prox. ileum	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (11.1)	NS
Terminal ileum	3 (42.9)	5 (55.5)	6 (66.7)
Anal & rectal lesion (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)

NS: Not significant.

¹Significant at P < 0.05 by Fisher’s exact test and Kruskall-Wallis test.