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. 2015 Jul 11;51:241–251. doi: 10.1007/s00535-015-1102-z

Table 4.

Predictive factors associated with 14-week CAI remission (univariate analysis)

Characteristic 14-Week CAIa remission
Odds ratio 95 % CIb p
Baseline
 Male sex 1.06 0.42, 2.64 0.901
 Age < 39.5 years 0.62 0.25, 1.48 0.277
 Weight < 56.0 kg 0.86 0.36, 2.07 0.735
 Smoker 2.07 0.42, 15.11 0.383
Colonic area involved
 Extensive 0.40 0.10, 1.29 0.129
Concomitant medications
 Corticosteroids (oral) 1.27 0.49, 3.28 0.621
 5-Aminosalicylates (oral) 2.02 0.79, 5.35 0.144
Immunomodulators 0.67 0.28, 1.61 0.373
 Azathioprine 0.68 0.27, 1.68 0.399
 6-Mercaptopurine 0.93 0.26, 3.49 0.911
 Corticosteroid-refractory disease 1.95 0.63, 6.76 0.250
 Corticosteroid-dependent disease 0.80 0.33, 1.95 0.628
 Mayo score ≥ 11 1.05 0.22, 5.62 0.953
 CAI ≥ 12 0.77 0.20, 3.01 0.706
 C-reactive protein ≤ 0.5 mg/dl 2.34 0.97, 5.83 0.059
 Albumin ≥ 3.8 g/dl 1.03 0.40, 2.61 0.945
At week 2
 CAI ≤ 4 5.97 2.30, 16.86 <0.001
 TLc ≥ 20.7 μg/ml 2.75 1.13, 6.93 0.025
 TL/CAI ≥ 3.6 5.37 2.12, 14.50 <0.001

aCAI, clinical activity index; bCI, confidence interval; cTL, serum infliximab trough level

Logistic regression analysis

Stratified analyses by age, body weight, first TL, and first TL/CAI using median values as cutoffs. The cutoff values of other end points were their reference values