Subepithelial basement membrane thickness in patients with normal colonic mucosal appearance in colonoscopy: Results from southern Turkey

Table 1 The median values of SEBM thickness in various co-lon segments

Colon segment	SEBM thickness (μm)
	Median	Range
Cecum	5*	3-12
Ascending colon	5*b	3-20
Transverse colon	8aω	3-20
Descending colon	8bad	3-20
Rectum	10dω	3-20

*: NS,

^bP = 0.001,

^a: SEBM was thicker in transverse colon com-pared to descending colon P = 0.04,

^dP < 0.001, ^ωP = 0.07.

Table 2 The Spearman’s correlation coefficients for the relationship between SEBM thickness and severity of inflamma-tion in various colon segments

Colon segment	Correlation coefficient (r)	P
Cecum	0.499	< 0.0001
Ascending colon	0.642	< 0.0001
Transverse colon	0.699	< 0.0001
Descending colon	0.620	< 0.0001
Rectum	0.553	< 0.0001