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Table 4 Prevalence of amebiasis in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

From: Prevalence of amebiasis in inflammatory bowel disease in University Clinical Hospital Mostar

Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

N (%)

UC

CD

Control group

Negative

72 (85.7)

28 (80.0)

117 (98.3)

Positive

12 (3.14)

7 (20.0)

2 (1.7)

  1. χ2 = 16.194, p < 0.001
  2. UC ulcerative colitis, CD Crohn’s disease, χ2 = Chi square test