Table 5
Results of Spearman rank correlation of the Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index score with the Powell-Tuck and complex activity index scores segregated by disease extent
| Simple score v Powell-Tuck index | Simple score v complex index | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease site | n | r | p | n | r | p | |
| Total | 25 | 0.95 | <0.0001 | 30 | 0.92 | <0.0001 | |
| Left sided | 17 | 0.96 | <0.0001 | 37 | 0.94 | <0.0001 | |
| Rectosigmoid | 9 | 0.8 | 0.06 | 10 | 0.84 | 0.02 | |
| Rectum | 12 | 0.97 | <0.0001 | 19 | 0.88 | <0.0001 | |
| Distal | 21 | 0.92 | <0.0001 | 29 | 0.87 | <0.0001 | |
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Distal disease is taken as rectal and rectosigmoid cases combined.
