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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2015 Mar;261(3):487–496. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000757

Table 7.

Model Analysis of Postoperative Outcomes in Crohn’s Disease Patients using Multivariate Logistic Regression and Serum anti-TNFα Drug Level Cut-off Value of 3 µg /ml

Overall Postoperative Morbidity
Variable Odds
Ratio
95%
Confidence
Interval
P
value
1. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 2.41 1.03 – 5.68 0.04
Steroids alone 1.47 0.45 – 4.82 0.53
2. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 2.52 1.07 – 5.92 0.03
6-Mercaptopurine alone 0.95 0.39 – 2.29 0.91
3. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 2.45 1.04 – 5.78 0.04
Azathioprine alone 0.78 0.16 – 3.91 0.76
4. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 1.91 0.66 – 5.51 0.23
Albumin alone 0.42 0.18 – 0.99 0.05
Infectious Complications
1. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 2.86 1.01 – 8.08 0.04
Steroids alone 1.79 0.37 – 8.6 0.46
2. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 3.34 1.16 – 9.57 0.02
6-Mercaptopurine alone 0.5 0.17 – 1.41 0.19
3. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 2.92 1.03 – 8.26 0.04
Azathioprine alone 0.66 0.08 – 5.71 0.71
4. Serum anti-TNFα drug level ≥ 3 µg/ml 3.03 0.82 – 11.21 0.09
Albumin alone 0.63 0.24 – 1.65 0.35