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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Dec 13;37(4):10.1111/apt.12182. doi: 10.1111/apt.12182

Table 3.

Crude and multivariate adjusted estimates (odds ratios and 95% CI) of medication use and zoster in patients with IBD, overall and by CD or UC

IBD Overall (n=13,129) Crohns disease (n=6688) Ulcerative Colitis (n=6381)
Medication Crude OR, 95% CI Adjusted OR, 95% CI Crude OR, 95% CI Adjusted OR, 95% CI Crude OR, 95% CI Adjusted OR, 95% CI
Any use in prior 120 days
5-ASA 1.20 (1.09-1.32) 1.08 (0.97-1.19) 1.27 (1.10-1.46) 1.09 (0.94-1.27) 1.14 (1.00-1.31) 1.07 (0.93-1.24)
Biologic 2.57 (2.13-3.10) 1.81 (1.48-2.21) 2.37 (1.92-2.92) 1.72 (1.38-2.15) 3.85 (2.47-6.00) 2.36 (1.47-3.79)
Thiopurine 2.28 (2.00-2.60) 1.85 (1.61-2.13) 2.31 (1.98-2.70) 1.93 (1.63-2.28) 2.20 (1.73-2.78) 1.68 (1.30-2.16)
Corticosteroid 2.53 (2.22-2.87) 1.73 (1.51-1.99) 2.28 (1.91-2.72) 1.54 (1.27-1.86) 2.83 (2.34-3.43) 1.96 (1.60-2.40)
* **

Biologic defined as infliximab, adalimumab, or certolizumab pegol, thiopurine defined as mercaptopurine or azathioprine 5-ASA defined as mesalamine, olsalazine, balsalazide, sulfasalazine,

adjusted for health care utilization, comorbidities, 5-ASA, biologic, thiopurine, corticosteroid use as appropriate (see methods)

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