Assessment of Inflammation on day 7
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Number of patients improved n (%) compared to day 1
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Odds ratiob(95% CI)
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p valueb
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Number of patients healed n (%) compared to day 1
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Odds ratiob(95% CI)
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p valueb
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Intervention group
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Placebo group
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Intervention group
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Placebo group
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By sigmoidoscopy
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11 (73.3)
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6 (54.5)
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2.29
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0.324
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9 (60)
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4 (36)
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2.63
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0.239
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n = 15
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n = 11
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(0.4-11.9)
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n = 15
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n = 11
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(0.5-13.1)
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By histology
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13 (92.8)
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5 (50)
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13
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0.035
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11 (78.6)
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1(10)
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33
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0.005
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n = 14c
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n = 10c
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(1.2-140.7)
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n = 14c
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n = 10c
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(2.9-374.3)
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Abbreviation:
CI Confidence interval.
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aData are given as number of patients (% of total patients in each group).
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bChi-square test was used to compare between groups. Significance: p≤ 0.05.
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cOne patient in the Intervention and one in the Placebo group did not have histological feature of inflammation on day 1 and thus excluded from the analysis.