Table 3.

Clinical factors associated with inhospital mortality of CMV colitis patients without IBD (31 patients with full-length colonoscopy)

Characteristics	Odd ratio	95% confidence interval	p-value
Age	1.036	0.993–1.081	0.104
Gender (male/female)	0.188	0.035–1.000	0.050
Immunological status	0.286	0.056–1.466	0.133
Underlying diseases
Liver cirrhosis	0.000	0.000	1.000
End-stage renal disease	5.923×109	0–>1012	0.999
Diabetes mellitus	3.600	0.655–19.78	0.141
HIV infection	0.000	0.000	0.999
Immunosuppressive medication
Immunosuppressant	2.625	0.146–47.183	0.513
Chemotherapy	4.443	0–>1012	1.000
Steroid	0.500	0.083–3.011	0.449
Laboratory data
Total white blood cell count,/µL	1.000	1.000	0.934
Hemoglobin level, g/dL	0.690	0.436–1.091	0.112
Platelet count, ×1,000/mm3	0.993	0.984–1.003	0.164
ALT, IU/L	0.957	0.886–1.034	0.267
Bilirubin, mg/dL	1.508	0.827–2.750	0.180
Albumin, g/dL	0.308	0.055–1.736	0.182
C-reactive protein, mg/dL	1.009	0.997–1.022	0.146
Involved area
Right-sided colitis (n=12, 35.3%)	0.343	0.058–2.036	0.239
Left-sided colitis (n=8, 23.5%)	0.268	0.028–2.578	0.254
Pancolitis (n=11, 32.4%)	6.800	1.233–37.497	0.028*
Endoscopic finding
Colitis with/without erosion, only
Ulcer	2.353	0.235–23.601	0.467
Well-demarcated small ulcer	0.863	0.254–2.932	0.813
Longitudinal ulcer	1.667	0.254–10.931	0.594
Semi-lunate ulcer	2.051	0.647–6.501	0.222
Irregular ulcer	1.978	0.533–7.340	0.308
Deep ulcer (including punch-out ulcer)	1.469	0.372–5.811	0.583
Ulcer coating with white membrane	3.810	0.757–19.172	0.105
Segmental mucosal defect	0.943	0.253–3.520	0.930
Pseudomembrane	4.443×109	0–>1012	1.000
Tumor/polyp-like	1.250	0.099–15.796	0.863
Cobblestone appearance	0.563	0.054–5.864	0.630
Skip lesions	1.071	0.206–5.584	0.935
Ganciclovir or valganciclovir treatment	9.693×108	0–.1012	0.999
Treatment duration	0.937	0.830–1.057	0.287

Note:

^*p<0.05.

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine transaminase; CMV, cytomegalovirus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.