Table 5.
Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Symptom Cluster Group Membership (n = 4544)
| High Symptom Burden | Physical Symptoms | Psychological Symptoms | ||||
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| Odds Ratio |
(95% CI) | Odds Ratio |
(95% CI) | Odds Ratio |
(95% CI) | |
| Age | 0.99 | (0.98, 1.00) | 1.02 | (1.00, 1.03) | 0.99 | (0.98, 0.99) |
| Female | 2.46 | (1.29, 2.27) | 0.85 | (0.59, 1.23) | 1.33 | (1.05, 1.66) |
| Ever Smoker | 1.71 | (1.30, 2.24) | 0.87 | (0.62, 1.22) | 1.32 | (1.05, 1.66) |
| IBD duration (years) | 0.98 | (0.97, 0.99) | 0.99 | (0.97, 1.00) | 1.00 | (0.99, 1.01) |
| Corticosteroids (yes/no) | 3.99 | (2.66, 5.99) | 3.37 | (2.09, 5.40) | 1.51 | (1.00, 2.27) |
| Crohn’s Disease | 5.69 | (3.81, 8.50) | 6.33 | (4.00, 10.11) | 1.08 | (0.86, 1.36) |
| Remission | 0.11 | (0.01, 0.02) | 0.03 | (0.02, 0.04) | 0.23 | (0.16, 0.38) |
Note. Results of multinomial regression analysis using backwards selection with symptom cluster membership as the outcome. Low symptom burden group was used a reference group. Bold font indicates significant association.