Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children of Middle Eastern Descent

Table 2

Symptoms at presentation.

	Middle Eastern		Control		𝑃 value
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Abdominal pain	13	8	13	10	0.77
Diarrhoea	16	5	18	5	1.00
Mucus or blood in stools	10	11	13	10	0.76
Weight loss	10	11	8	15	0.54
Per rectal bleeding	2	19	7	16	0.14
Loss of appetite	3	18	2	21	0.66

Data compared by Fisher’s exact test. Presenting symptoms not available for 3 Middle Eastern patients and 1 control patient.