Table 3 Spearman’s rank correlations between fecal biomarkers and Lichtiger Index by inflammation location
From: Extent of disease affects the usefulness of fecal biomarkers in ulcerative colitis
FC | FIT | FL | |
|---|---|---|---|
All cases (n = 125) | 0.532 p < 0.001 | 0.531 p < 0.001 | 0.528 p < 0.001 |
Pancolitis (n = 50) | 0.465 p = 0.002 | 0.397 p = 0.002 | 0.444 p < 0.001 |
Left-sided colitis (n = 49) | 0.674 p < 0.001 | 0.698 p < 0.001 | 0.679 p < 0.001 |
Proctitis (n = 16) | 0.191 p = 0.473 | 0.368 p = 0.160 | 0.133 p = 0.620 |