Role of multidetector computed tomography in patients with acute infectious colitis

Table 6 Odds ratios of viral or bacterial acute colitis prevalence for each of the four combined computed tomography parameters¹

CT parameter	Viral				Bacterial
	OR	95%CI		P value	OR	95%CI		P value
Summer and all four	0.13	0.01	1.16	0.07	7.75	0.86	69.93	0.07
Summer and at least one	0.04	0.01	0.28	0.00	24.95	3.59	173.43	0.00
Winter and all four	0.04	0.00	0.35	0.00	26.90	2.82	256.26	0.00
Winter and at least one	0.04	0.00	0.40	0.01	28.51	2.48	327.72	0.01

¹Submucosal edema, mucosal enhancement, continuous distribution, mucosal thickening. Adjusted for age, season, sex, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer history.

CT: Computed tomography.