Table 4: Distribution of the patients by histopathological diagnosis, clinical diagnosis, site, and age.
Variable |
Normal |
Active colitis |
IBD |
Polyp |
Malignancy |
Clinical presentation |
|
|
|
|
|
altered bowel habits |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Abdominal pain |
1 |
166 |
17 |
25 |
30 |
Bloody diarrhea |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Rectum Bleeding |
0 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
Abdominal diseases |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Total |
2 |
178 |
17 |
26 |
38 |
Site |
|
|
|
|
|
Cecum |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Ascending colon |
0 |
143 |
16 |
17 |
15 |
Descending |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Transverse |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sigmoid |
0 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
Rectum |
1 |
15 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Total |
2 |
178 |
17 |
26 |
38 |
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
≤ 35 years |
0 |
38 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
36-45 |
1 |
42 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
46-55 |
0 |
37 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
56-65 |
1 |
44 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
≥ 66 |
0 |
17 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
Total |
2 |
178 |
17 |
26 |
38 |