Baseline data for patients and control subjects
| Appendicitis | Controls | SLC | UC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Catarrhal | Suppurative | |||||
| A, appendectomy; C, Colonoscopy; S, Sigmoidoscopy; SLC, self-limiting colitis; UC, ulcerative colitis. | |||||||
| Appendictomy | A | 11 | 21 | 25 | |||
| Colonoscopy | C | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Sigmoidoscopy | S | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Mean age (years) | A | 31.7 | 26.8 | 26 | |||
| C | 50.1 | 39.5 | 48.8 | ||||
| S | 49.2 | 37.4 | 47.1 | ||||
| Male/female ratio | A | 7/4 | 6/15 | 7/18 | |||
| C | 5/5 | 7/3 | 4/6 | ||||
| S | 4/6 | 6/4 | 3/7 | ||||