Specific endoscopic features of ulcerative colitis complicated by cytomegalovirus infection

Table 1 Characteristics of enrolled patients

	CMV positive (n = 15)	CMV negative (n = 58)	P value
Gender
Male	8 (53)	26 (45)	0.55
Female	7 (47)	32 (55)
Age (yr), median (range)	42 (17-65)	34 (14-81)	0.72
Duration of disease (d), median (range)	528 (15-9358)	1503 (5-10 791)	0.40
Disease activity at admission
Moderate	9 (60)	41 (71)	0.43
Severe	6 (40)	17 (29)
Extent of disease
Pancolitis	12 (80)	42 (72)	0.74
Left-sided	3 (20)	16 (28)
Current use of corticosteroids
Yes	15 (100)	47 (81)	0.11
No	0 (0)	11 (19)
Current use of immunomodulators (AZA/6-MP)
Yes	1 (7)	7 (12)	> 0.99
No	14 (93)	51 (88)

Data are numbers with percentages in parentheses or medians with ranges in parentheses. CMV: Cytomegalovirus.