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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Jan 20;88(4):841–847. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.01.014

Table 3 –

One-year incidence of inflammatory bowel among patients with acne treated with oral tetracycline-class antibiotics

Acne Oral tetracycline-class antibiotic Odds Ratio 95% CI
Patients, total, n Patients with incident outcome, n IR/1000 Patients, total, n Patients with incident outcome, n IR/1000
Outcomes
Any inflammatory bowel disease 144,711 191 1.32 144,986 191 1.32 1.00 0.82–1.22
Crohn’s disease 145,264 130 0.89 145,436 142 0.98 1.09 0.86–1.38
Ulcerative colitis 145,602 142 0.98 145,723 111 0.76 0.78 0.61–1.00