Table 9 Clinical characteristics of ulcerative colitis patients
From: A decade of inflammatory bowel disease: a single center experience in Egypt
In ulcerative colitis patients | Ulcerative group | |
|---|---|---|
Total no.= 136 | ||
No. (%) | ||
Main presenting symptom | Diarrhea | 21 (15.4%) |
Bleeding | 38 (27.9%) | |
Diarrhea & bleeding | 72 (52.9%) | |
Abdominal pain | 5 (3.7%) | |
Site of involvement | Rectum | 13 (9.6%) |
Rectum & sigmoid | 50 (36.8%) | |
Left side of colon | 21 (15.4%) | |
Extensive | 24 (17.6%) | |
Pancolitis | 24 (17.6%) | |
Ileum (backwash ileitis) | 4 (2.9%) | |
Biological therapy | Positive | 22 (16.2%) |
Negative | 114 (83.8%) | |
Surgery | Positive | 8 (5.9%) |
Negative | 128 (94.1%) | |