Microscopic colitis: A large retrospective analysis from a health maintenance organization experience

Table 4 Comparison of concurrent diseases between lymphocytic colitis and the control group

Disease	Number of patients affected	Percentage (%)	Compared to control group
Hyperlipidemia	166	44.10	NS
Diabetes type I and II	55	14.60	NS
Thyroid diseases1	71	18.80	P < 0.01
Rheumatoid arthritis	15	3.99	P < 0.01
Fibromyalgia	17	4.52	P < 0.01
Raynaud/CREST syndrome	5	1.33	P < 0.01
Giant cell/temporal arteritis	2	0.53	P < 0.025
Polymyalgia rheumatica	6	1.60	NS
SLE	3	0.80	P < 0.025
Scleroderma	1	0.27	NS
Celiac disease	13	3.46	P < 0.001
IBS	43	11.40	P < 0.001
IBD	1	0.27	NS

¹Thyroid diseases including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and Grave’s disease.