Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel diseases in Cairo, Egypt

Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical data of ulcerative colitis patients

Total number	135
Gender (M/F)	63/72
Age at first presentation (mean ± SD)	27.3 ± 11.7
Resident of Cairo ( yes/no)	97/38
Smoking (yes/no)	14/121
Main presenting symptoms included: rectal bleeding, diarrhea, mucous, abdominal pain, loss of weight, fever	128/113/72/76/8/8
Follow up duration (mean ± SD)	6.2 ± 5.18
Severity of symptoms (true love classification) mild/moderate/severe	66/52/17
Anoperineal lesions (yes/no)	6/129
Hepatobiliary or pancreatic manifestations No/Fatty liver/sclerosing cholangitis	127/7/1
Other extra intestinal manifestations No/conjunctivitis/arthralgia/both	109/10/16/25
History of appendicectomy (yes/no)	18/117
Family history of UC (yes/no)	2/135
Extent of colitis Proctitis/left side colitis/pancolitis	25/88/22
Types of intestinal infections detected (total 31) Entameba histolytica/giardiasis/schistosomiasis	23/5/3

M: Male; F: Female; UC: Ulcerative colitis.