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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 6.
Published before final editing as: Gut. 2022 Dec 6:gutjnl-2022-328174. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-328174

Table 2.

Preventable fraction of CD and UC cases due to American healthy lifestyle recommendations.

NHS/NHSII/HPFS
Crohn’s Disease
Healthy lifestyle score a Cases Prevalence aHR (95% CI) b PAR (95% CI) c
7–9 5 4.24% 1.00 (ref) 61.1% (16.8 – 84.9%)
6 29 7.44% 3.13 (1.21–8.09)
5 37 16.50% 1.67 (0.65–4.26)
4 92 26.06% 2.58 (1.05–6.37)
3 91 25.59% 2.57 (1.04–6.34)
2 71 15.18% 3.42 (1.38–8.51)
0–1 21 4.99% 3.01 (1.13–8.02)
Ptrend 0.004
Ulcerative Colitis
Healthy lifestyle score a Cases Prevalence aHR (95% CI) b PAR (95% CI) c
7–9 10 4.24% 1.00 (ref) 42.2% (1.7 – 70.9%)
6 30 7.44% 1.58 (0.77–3.23)
5 71 16.50% 1.61 (0.83–3.13)
4 109 26.06% 1.50 (0.78–2.87)
3 132 25.59% 1.85 (0.97–3.53)
2 72 15.18% 1.72 (0.88–3.34)
0–1 32 4.99% 2.39 (1.17–4.87)
Ptrend 0.02
SMC/CoSM
Crohn’s Disease
Healthy lifestyle score a Cases Prevalence aHR (95% CI) b PAR (95% CI) c
7–9 2 2.62% 1.00 (ref) 48.8% (−37.4 – 89.8%)
6 16 10.19% 1.99 (0.46–8.66)
5 34 23.32% 1.86 (0.45–7.74)
4 36 30.88% 1.51 (0.36–6.27)
3 39 22.31% 2.27 (0.55–9.41)
2 19 8.79% 2.85 (0.66–12.23)
0–1 4 1.89% 2.77 (0.51–15.14)
Ptrend 0.08
Ulcerative Colitis
Healthy lifestyle score a Cases Prevalence aHR (95% CI) b PAR (95% CI) c
7–9 4 2.62% 1.00 (ref) 56.3% (1.3 – 85.1%)
6 21 10.19% 1.27 (0.44–3.70)
5 79 23.32% 2.10 (0.77–5.72)
4 123 30.88% 2.52 (0.93–6.83)
3 82 22.31% 2.35 (0.86–6.41)
2 41 8.79% 3.03 (1.09–8.46)
0–1 9 1.89% 3.05 (0.94–9.89)
Ptrend 0.0004
EPIC
Crohn’s Disease
Healthy lifestyle score a Cases Prevalence aHR (95% CI) b PAR (95% CI) c
7–9 4 6.50% 1.00 (ref) 60.4% (4.1 – 87.6%)
6 17 12.48% 2.13 (0.71 – 6.34)
5 18 22.62% 1.21 (0.41 – 3.57)
4 52 27.40% 2.82 (1.02 – 7.81)
3 43 20.45% 3.09 (1.11 – 8.63)
2 12 8.86% 1.97 (0.64 – 6.12)
0–1 4 1.69% 3.43 (0.86 – 13.76)
Ptrend 0.005
Ulcerative Colitis
Healthy lifestyle score a Cases Prevalence aHR (95% CI) b PAR (95% CI) c
7–9 13 6.50% 1.00 (ref) 46.8% (9.7 – 72.5%)
6 29 12.48% 1.21 (0.62 – 2.38)
5 65 22.62% 1.45 (0.78 – 2.68)
4 123 27.40% 2.20 (1.22 – 3.98)
3 103 20.45% 2.43 (1.34 – 4.42)
2 44 8.86% 2.37 (1.25 – 4.48)
0–1 7 1.69% 1.97 (0.78 – 4.99)
Ptrend <0.001
a

Maximum value set to 7+ given few participants with scores of 8–9 in primary cohort.

b

Cox models adjusted for baseline age (years) and cohort (NHS, NHSII, HPFS, SMC, CoSM).

c

PAR for HLS ≤ 6 compared to reference category (7–9), adjusted for age (<40, 40 ≤ age <60, ≥ 60 years) and cohort. CD Crohn’s Disease. CI Confidence Interval. aHR Multivariable-adjusted Hazard Ratio. PAR Population Attributable Risk. UC Ulcerative Colitis.