Routine diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease in Southern India

Table 3 Laboratory, endoscopic and histopathological variables in intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease

Clinical variables	ITB(n = 38)	CD(n = 37)	P value
CRP (mg/L), median	10.7	4.3	0.131
Min-max	0.2-70.5	0.3-49.8
Features on ileocolonoscopy, n endoscopy reports	31/38	37
Localised intestinal inflammation, n	12	4	0.012
3 or more inflamed intestinal segments, n	9	27	< 0.012
Aphtous ulcers, n	12	16	0.712
Deep ulcers, n	19	24	0.902
Mucosal nodularity, n	17	2	< 0.012
Histopathological evidence of granulomas(s), n	10/30	2/35	< 0.012

¹Mann Whitney Wilcoxon Test;

²Pearson χ² Test OR Fischer’s exact test if n in any cell < 5. ITB: Intestinal tuberculosis; CD: Crohn’s disease.