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Table 1 Clinical manifestations of all participants in the study n (%)

Clinical manifestations	Ulcerative colitis (n = 30)	Control (n = 30)	P value
Abdominal pain	26 (86.6)	20 (66.6)	0.120
Bloody diarrhea	24 (80)	0 (0)	< 0.001a
Chronic non bloody diarrhea	6 (20)	22 (73.3)	< 0.001a
Fatigue	16 (53.3)	5 (16.6)	0.006a
Tenesmus	20 (66.6)	5 (16.6)	< 0.001a
Bleeding per rectum	0 (0)	8 (26.6)	0.007a
Constipation	0 (0)	4 (13.3)	0.120
Rectal pain	2 (6)	5 (16.6)	0.420
Anemia	24 (80)	9 (30)	0.001a

^aP value of < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.