Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of estimated fecal calprotectin and serum intelectin-1 and C-reactive protein solo or in combination for differentiation between patients with query ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 6 Correlation and regression analyses for patients’ data and laboratory findings as predictors for colonoscopic and microscopic diagnosis of UC

Variate	Pearson’s correlation analysis				Regression analysis
	MES		Microscopic diagnosis		MES		Microscopic diagnosis
	“r”	P	“r”	P	β	P	β	P
Age	0.147	0.006	0.152	0.005	0.094	0.062	0.086	0.006
Male gender	0.065	0.230	0.017	0.756	0.004	0.932	− 0.061	0.064
BMI	0.055	0.312	0.078	0.149	− 0.006	0.876	0.002	0.953
FCP	0.406	< 0.001	0.514	< 0.001	0.537	< 0.001	0.677	< 0.001
Serum CRP	0.222	< 0.001	0.218	< 0.001	0.070	0.103	0.024	0.454
Serum ITLN1	− 0.394	< 0.001	− 0.488	< 0.001	− 0.528	< 0.001	− 0.656	< 0.001