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. 2023 May 9;17(10):1631–1638. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad079

Table 5.

Impact of colectomy with or without subsequent reconstructive surgery or proctectomy on male fertility for IBD subtypes, expressed as hazard ratio for partner giving birth compared with matched individuals from the general population.

IBD-cohort IBD-subcohorts
UC CD IBD-U
No. HR 95% CI p-value No. HR 95% CI p-value No. HR 95% CI p-value No. HR 95% CI p-value
Colectomy only 885 0.85 0.77–0.94 0.002 417 0.94 0.81–1.10 0.435 82 0.75 0.56–1.00 0.054 386 0.81 0.69–0.94 0.005
IRA 699 0.88 0.78–0.98 0.026 299 0.95 0.79–1.15 0.625 92 0.85 0.65–1.11 0.227 308 0.83 0.70–0.99 0.038
IPAA 976 0.88 0.80–0.96 0.006 559 0.85 0.75–0.96 0.011 2 1.43 0.29–7.11 0.664 375 0.91 0.79–1.05 0.186
Proctectomy 1,251 0.91 0.84–0.98 0.012 575 0.93 0.83–1.04 0.217 145 0.77 0.62–0.97 0.024 531 0.93 0.83–1.03 0.178

Inflammatory bowel disease [IBD], ulcerative colitis [UC], Crohn’s disease [CD], IBD unclassified [IBD-U]. Hazard ratio [HR] with 95% confidence interval [95% CI].