Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Cytoplasmic Staining of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies

Table 3

Comparison of cANCA positive with cANCA negative patients.

	cANCA positive patients (𝑛=7)	cANCA negative patients (𝑛=124)	P value**
Age (years), mean ± SD	8.6±4.3	10.1±5.2	0.5*
Male:female	6:1	54:70	0.03
Diagnosis
Ulcerative colitis (𝑛=45)	4	41	0.19
Crohn’s disease (𝑛=87)	3	83
Disease extension (UC)
Rectosigmoid	0	6
Left sided	0	5	0.26
Extensive	4	30
Mayo score (UC)
Score 2	1	16	0.33
Score 3	3	25
Disease phenotype (CD)
Colonic	1	25
Ileal	0	25	0.5
Ileocolonic	2	34
Steroid treatment	7	115	0.46
Colectomy	0	2	0.73

∗∗Chi square; *Mann-Whitney U test.