Table 2 The association of endoscopic and laboratory findings to tongue color

1L*

68.0 ± 3.7

67.7 ± 4.2

68.7 ± 4.3

68.6 ± 3.4

68.0 ± 4.0

67.4 ± 3.7

1a*

24.8 ± 4.3

25.6 ± 5.1

25.5 ± 4.1

25.9 ± 5.2

24.6 ± 4.3

24.7 ± 5.0

1b*

5.19 ± 2.91

4.72 ± 2.73

5.14 ± 2.67

6.04 ± 2.75

5.04 ± 3.21

4.93 ± 2.89

2L*

65.4 ± 9.7

64.5 ± 10.7

67.3 ± 5.7

67.1 ± 5.3

65.9 ± 7.9

65.8 ± 6.9

2a*

15.2 ± 5.0

15.3 ± 5.4

14.8 ± 4.5

16.7 ± 3.8

15.5 ± 4.4

15.8 ± 4.9

2b*

5.86 ± 2.97

6.49 ± 7.82

6.09 ± 4.33

6.34 ± 2.74

5.23 ± 2.65

5.07 ± 3.23

3L*

69.4 ± 3.6

69.3 ± 3.5

70.3 ± 3.6

70.4 ± 2.8

70.8 ± 3.2*

69.8 ± 3.7

3a*

23.5 ± 4.2

24.0 ± 4.7

23.9 ± 4.8

25.3 ± 4.2^#

23.8 ± 6.1

23.4 ± 4.8

3b*

4.72 ± 2.64

4.61 ± 2.35

4.55 ± 2.62

5.81 ± 2.67*

5.04 ± 3.56

4.74 ± 2.65

4L*

66.9 ± 3.8

66.9 ± 3.8

66.6 ± 3.8

67.0 ± 3.1

67.2 ± 3.4

66.2 ± 3.5

4a*

29.7 ± 5.3

30.7 ± 7.0

29.3 ± 4.6

31.0 ± 5.6

29.0 ± 6.9

29.1 ± 4.7

4b*

5.77 ± 2.84

5.32 ± 2.86

5.26 ± 2.17

6.20 ± 3.01

5.27 ± 4.21

5.33 ± 2.88

2L*/1 L*

0.96 ± 0.14

0.96 ± 0.16

0.98 ± 0.09

0.98 ± 0.08

0.97 ± 0.11

0.98 ± 0.11

2a*/1a*

0.62 ± 0.20

0.61 ± 0.20

0.59 ± 0.17

0.66 ± 0.17

0.63 ± 0.14

0.64 ± 0.16

2b*/1b*

0.99 ± 2.61

1.70 ± 3.43^#

1.63 ± 3.15

0.91 ± 1.94

0.44 ± 4.22

0.78 ± 3.00

3L*/1 L*

1.02 ± 0.05

1.03 ± 0.01

1.02 ± 0.05

1.03 ± 0.04

1.04 ± 0.05^s

1.04 ± 0.07*

3a*/1a*

0.96 ± 0.16

0.95 ± 0.17

0.95 ± 0.16

1.00 ± 0.16

0.97 ± 0.17

0.96 ± 0.18

3b*/1b*

0.82 ± 1.45

0.81 ± 0.64

0.90 ± 0.77

0.95 ± 0.41

0.44 ± 3.70

1.13 ± 0.97

4L*/1 L*

0.98 ± 0.05

0.98 ± 0.05

0.97 ± 0.05

0.98 ± 0.05

0.99 ± 0.04

0.98 ± 0.06

4a*/1a*

1.21 ± 0.22

1.21 ± 0.22

1.17 ± 0.18

1.22 ± 0.20

1.19 ± 0.26

1.21 ± 0.25

4b*/1b*

1.06 ± 1.24

1.11 ± 1.73

1.11 ± 0.88

0.77 ± 2.24

1.03 ± 0.78

1.08 ± 1.61