Table 1 IgG4 counts in inflammatory bowel disease

From: Tissue IgG4-positive plasma cells in inflammatory bowel disease: a study of 88 treatment-naive biopsies of inflammatory bowel disease

 

Ulcerative colitis (n=50)

Crohn’s disease (n=38)

P value

All case mean IgG4 counts (s.d.)

9.77 (11.9)

2.79 (5.3)

0.001

IgG4 counts >10 per high-power field

19 (38%)

2 (5.3%)

0.0001

Children (≤18 years) N=15

9.43

4.8

0.355

Adults (≥18 years)

10.0

2.3

0.001

IBD cases on TMA (s.d.)

9.7 (12.2)

3.36 (6)

0.02

IBD cases—whole sections (s.d.)

10 (11.1)

1 (1.4)

0.03

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