| Extra-intestinal manifestations |
Healthy controls (n=21) |
cases with UC (n=38) |
Cases with CD (n=16) |
P (Fisher's exact) comparing: |
| N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
UC to Healthy |
CD to Healthy |
UC to CD |
| Arthralgia |
0 |
0.0 |
14 |
36.8 |
4 |
25.0 |
<0.001 |
0.028 |
0.53[NS] |
| Dermatol. problems |
0 |
0.0 |
6 |
15.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.08[NS]* |
** |
0.16[NS] |
| Positive test results |
| s.HLA-G |
0 |
0.0 |
18 |
47.4 |
16 |
100.0 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
| Anti-Elastase |
0 |
0.0 |
24 |
63.2 |
16 |
100.0 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.005 |
| Anti-Cathepsin-G |
0 |
0.0 |
21 |
55.3 |
4 |
25.0 |
<0.001 |
0.028 |
0.07[NS] |
| Anti-lysozyme |
2 |
9.5 |
2 |
5.3 |
7 |
43.8 |
0.61[NS] |
0.024 |
0.002 |
[NS]: Not Significant; **Incomparable. |
