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

Table 4

Narrow band imaging-guided magnifying endoscopic findings of microvascular pattern (MVP) and pathognomonic histological features of ulcerative colitis.

Microvascular pattern (MVP) type	Severe mucosal inflammation		Crypt abscess		Goblet cell depletion		Total case
	Present	Absent	Present	Absent	Present	Absent
MVP-regular	3	16	3	16	4	15	19
MVP-irregular	19	4	17	6	22	1	23
𝑃 value	<0.0001		<0.0005		<0.0001		42

MVP-regular: regularly arranged in a honeycomb-like structure; MVP-irregular: MVP with irregular, tortuous structure.