Research Article

The Increased Expression of CCL20 and CCR6 in Rectal Mucosa Correlated to Severe Inflammation in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis

Table 3

The comparison of CCL20 and CCR6 expression between CUC and AUC.

CUCAUC value

All cases
 CCL20 score3.07 ± 0.472.43 ± 0.38 < 0.05
 CCR6 score1.52 ± 0.671.06 ± 0.77 < 0.05
Severe cases
 CCL20 score4.13 ± 3.522.75 ± 2.91 < 0.05
 CCR6 score1.64 ± 0.77 1.21 ± 0.49 < 0.05

CUC; childhood-onset UC, AUC; adult-onset UC.
Correlations were evaluated using the Mann-Whitney test. A value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.