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Table 1 Laboratory values in patients with microscopic colitis compared to those with histologically normal colonic mucosa

From: Chronic non-bloody diarrhoea: a prospective study in Malmö, Sweden, with focus on microscopic colitis

 

Total number

Median

IQR

Mean

Std. Deviation

P-values

SR

1

44

9.5

7.25; 17.75

13.2

8.4

 

(<20 mm)

2

12

5.5

4.25; 21

10.9

10.3

0.13

CRP

1

45

2.5

1.0; 4.9

4.4

5.5

 

(<3.0 mg/L)

2

12

1.8

0.72; 4.8

2.6

2.2

0.51

F-Calprotecin

1

43

32

20; 66

58.6

66.4

 

(<50 μg/g)

2

12

38.5

20; 114

67.8

68.5

0.71

Haemoglobin

1

47

137

129; 141

135.3

11.4

 

(♀: 117-153 ♂: 134–170 g/L)

2

12

134

127; 142

133.8

10.8

0.87

Leukocytes

1

47

6.9

5.7; 7.8

6.9

1.9

 

(3.5-8.8 g/L)

2

12

6.8

5.8; 9.5

7.3

2.1

0.74

Neutrophils

1

47

4.1

3.2; 5.4

4.4

1.7

 

(1.7-8.0 x10^9/L)

2

12

4.0

2.8; 5.7

4.4

1.7

0.98

Eosinophils

1

46

0.10

0.10; 0.20

0.2

0.1

 

(0.1-0.6 x10^9/L)

2

12

0.10

0.10; 0.20

0.2

0.1

0.56

Basophils

1

47

0.10

0.10; 0.10

0.1

0.0

 

(<0.2 x10^9/L)

2

12

0.10

0.10; 0.10

0.1

0.0

1.0

Lymphocytes

1

47

1.8

1.5; 2.1

1.9

0.6

 

(1.1-4.8 x10^9/L)

2

12

2.2

1.9; 2.4

2.2

0.6

0.41

Monocytes

1

45

0.50

0.40; 0.60

0.5

0.2

 

(0.1-1.0 x10^9/L)

2

12

0.50

0.40; 0.50

0.5

0.2

0.87

Platelets

1

47

253

233: 296

273.6

75.3

 

(145–348 x10^9/L)

2

11

273

229; 319

271.9

47.9

0.57

Bilirubin

1

47

11

9; 13

11.6

3.4

 

(5–25 μmol/L)

2

12

12

8; 14

12.3

4.9

0.94

AST

1

47

0.39

0.33; 0.45

0.4

0.1

 

(0.25-0.75 μkat/L)

2

12

0.42

0.30; 0.46

0.4

0.1

0.87

ALT

1

47

0.39

0.33; 0.49

0.4

0.3

 

(0.15-1.1 μkat/L)

2

12

0.36

0.22; 0.52

0.4

0.2

0.45

ALP

1

44

1.2

1.0; 1.4

1.2

0.3

 

(0.60-1.8 μkat/L)

2

12

1.1

0.8; 1.4

1.2

0.4

0.34

  1. 1 = normal histology, 2 = MC.
  2. CRP = C-reactive protein, AST = aspartate transaminase ALT = alanine transaminase ALP = alkaline phosphatise.
  3. 11 of 58 with normal histology did not leave blood and fecal samples.
  4. 3 of the 15 MC-patients did not leave blood and fecal samples.