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Table 2 Questionnaires’ outcome 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

Positive answer

%

P-values

Acute onset

1

56

17

30

 

2

12

7

58

0.068

High frequency

1

58

21

36

 

2

13

8

61

0.38

Watery diarrhoea

1

58

22

38

 

2

13

7

54

0.51

Nocturnal diarrhoea

1

38

5

13

 

2

6

0

0

0.35

Abdominal pain

1

58

13

22

 

2

15

1

6.7

0.32

Surrounding cases

1

57

1

1.7

 

2

13

0

0

0.63

Recent journey

1

58

2

3.4

 

2

12

1

8.3

0.45

Treatment before

1

54

12

22

 

2

13

3

23

0.94

Smoking

1

54

12

22

 

2

13

4

31

0.18

Cholecystectomy

1

49

10

20

 

2

12

3

25

0.73

Appendectomy

1

58

18

31

 

2

15

1

6.7

0.057

Celiac disease

1

49

1

2.0

 

2

10

2

20

0.019

Thyroid disease

1

52

4

7.7

 

2

12

2

17

0.34

Rheumatoid arthritis

1

50

2

4.0

 

2

13

1

7.7

0.58

Diabetes mellitus

1

52

4

7.7

 

2

12

1

8.3

0.94

Recovery

1

39

25

64

 

2

14

10

71

0.90

  1. 1 = normal histology, 2 = MC.