Magnifying Endoscopic Findings Can Predict Clinical Outcome during Long-Term Follow-Up of More Than 12 Months in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Table 5

The episode of disease relapse during the past 12 months among the ME (magnifying endoscopic) classifications and between the MVP (microvascular pattern) types of patients with ulcerative colitis.

	ME classification				MVP type
	ME-A; (𝑛=5)	ME-B; (𝑛=24)	ME-C; (𝑛=10)	ME-D; (𝑛=7)	MVP-R; (𝑛=21)	MVP-IR; (𝑛=25)
Relapse during the; past 12 months
Present	0	4	7	6	4	13
Absent	4	17	2	1	15	9
First attacking	1	3	1	0	2	3
𝑃 value	𝑃<0.005				𝑃<0.05

ME-A: regular arrangement of normal-appearing round to oval pits; ME-B: irregular arrangement with/without enlarged spaces between the even pits; ME-C: irregular pits in size and shape with more irregular arrangement of pits compared to ME-B; and ME-D: disrupted or disappeared pits.
MVP-R: regular, regularly arranged in a honeycomb-like structure; MVP-IR: irregular, MVP with irregular, tortuous structure.