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. 2002 Oct;51(4):567–573. doi: 10.1136/gut.51.4.567

Table 4.

Smoking habits in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's, n=129) compared with matched controls, and smoking habits in patients with PSC but without IBD (n=41) compared with matched controls

PSC Controls* Odds ratio† 95% CI p Value
Smoking in PSC with IBD
    Never 84 (65%) 51 (40%) 1.0
    Ever 45 (35%) 78 (60%) 0.35 0.2–0.6 <0.001
    Former 35 (27%) 46 (35%) 0.46 0.25–0.8 <0.05
    Current 10 (8%) 32 (25%) 0.19 0.08–0.44 <0.001
Smoking in PSC without IBD
    Never 28 (68%) 15 (37%) 1.0
    Ever 13 (32%) 26 (63%) 0.29 0.12–0.8 <0.05
    Former 11 (27%) 15 (37%) 0.39 0.1–1.2 NS
    Current 2 (5%) 11 (26%) 0.10 0.01–0.5 <0.05

*Controls matched to PSC patients in terms of age/sex/locality.

†Odds of having PSC relative to never smokers.