On the Prevalence of M. avium Subspecies paratuberculosis DNA in the Blood of Healthy Individuals and Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Figure 7
Shown is a comparison of the percentage of IBD patients who reported, at the time of phlebotomy to have “Active” (# = 40) or “Inactive disease” (# = 200).
For the remaining 6 patients “Disease Activity” data were not provided on their questionnaire. In this post hoc analysis, with group sizes that are not comparable, there is no difference in the presence or absence of MAP DNA among the groups. Our questionnaire did NOT obtain information on medications that had been used PRIOR to the day of phlebotomy.