Mucosal healing effect of mesalazine granules in naproxen-induced small bowel enteropathy

Table 3 Capsule endoscopy results of the patients with naproxen and naproxen + mesalazine granules therapy (n =10)

	Inclusion	After mesalazine gran therapy	P value
Total Lewis Index Score	1236.4 ± 821.9	925.2 ± 543.4	0.271
1st tertile	952.8 ± 584.9	894.4 ± 534.3	0.569
2nd tertile	699.3 ± 877.9	545.9 ± 580.9	0.649
3rd tertile	415.3 ± 561.5	319.3 ± 403.3	0.247
Ulcers with a diameter of > 3 mm, n
1st tertile	8	7	1.000
2nd tertile	8	6	0.625
3rd tertile	3	4	1.000
Gastric transit time (min)	43.8 ± 32	49.8 ± 35.6	0.470
Small bowel transit time (min)	261.9 ± 108	250.9 ± 93.9	0.470
Cleanliness score	1.3 ± 0.67	1.4 ± 0.69	0.345
Hemoglobin	131.1 ± 5.8	127.1 ± 7.8	0.103