Table 5.
Assessment of the effect of disease and patients characteristics on log LMR using multiple regression analysis
| Variable |
Regression co-efficient β (95% CI) |
|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
| Sex | ||
| Females1 | ||
| Males | 0.39 (0.089, 0.69) | 0.429 (0.130, 0.727)a |
| Area | ||
| Small intestine only1 | ||
| Large intestine only | -0.284 (-0.764, 0.196) | 0.002 (-0.539, 0.543) |
| Ileo-colonic | 0.475 (-0.020, 0.971) | 0.579 (0.065, 1.09)a |
| Behaviour | ||
| Non-fistulizing non-stricturing1 | ||
| Stricturing disease | 0.587 (0.230, 0.945) | -0.237 (-0.763, 0.288) |
| Fistulizing disease | 0.152 (-0.366, 0.670) | 0.085 (-0.457, 0.628) |
| Upper GI involvement | ||
| Absent1 | ||
| Present | 0.437 (0.019, 0.856) | 0.233 (-0.163, 0.630) |
R2 = 23%,
a
P < 0.05, significant sqrt-square-root transformation.
1
Reference category; β: Regression coefficient; CI: Confidence interval.