Table 3

Percentage proportion of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures during emergency and elective inflammatory bowel disease admissions

2003/
2004
2004/
2005
2005/
2006
2006/
2007
2007/
2008
2008/
2009
2009/
2010
2010/
2011
2011/
2012
2012/
2013
P values for trend
Crohn’s disease
 Emergency4.13.93.32.82.82.52.32.21.91.90.754
 Elective6.36.25.75.14.84.64.44.03.83.7<0.001
Ulcerative colitis
 Emergency43.942.741.743.342.743.341.440.039.738.6<0.001
 Elective18.416.816.517.417.317.917.317.317.717.60.002
  • Percentage for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis admissions—p value from linear regression.