NSAID-Induced Enteropathy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Chronic Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Prospective Capsule Endoscopy Study

Table 4

Nutrition markers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis according to NSAID-induced enteropathy.

	Mucosal damage score	𝑁	Mean	SD	Median	1st quartile	3rd quartile	Normality
Alb (g/L)	No enteropathy	12	41.9	3.9	42.8	37.7	44.7	n
	Any enteropathy	25	42.2	3.6	41.6	40.2	44.7	n
	1	18	42.6	3.9	42.9	39.9	45.1	n
	2	4	42.4	2.7	41.5	40.6	45.1	n
	3	3	39.5	2.4	40.4	36.8	41.4	n
Palb (g/L)	No enteropathy	12	0.25	0.11	0.23	0.19	0.27	nn
	Any enteropathy	25	0.28	0.090	0.25	0.22	0.31	nn
	1	18	0.30	0.096	0.29	0.23	0.34	nn
	2	4	0.22	0.029	0.23	0.19	0.25	n
	3	3	0.22	0.046	0.25	0.17	0.25	nn

Mucosal damage score: 1 mild enteropathy, 2 moderate enteropathy, 3 severe enteropathy, Alb (g/L): albumin level, and Palb (g/L): prealbumin level. Normality of data distribution: normal (n) or nonnormal (nn).