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. 2018 Sep 9;2018:2047242. doi: 10.1155/2018/2047242

Table 3.

Effect of antidepressant or SSRI use on subsequent IBD activity based on univariate cox regression analysis.

Glucocorticosteroid prescription or flare of disease activity Escalation of Medical Therapy in Response to Uncontrolled Disease Activity Hospitalisation due to Disease Activity Intestinal resection
Hazard ratio  
(95% CI)
P value Hazard ratio  
(95% CI)
P value Hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P value Hazard ratio  
(95% CI)
P value
Antidepressant use:  
all patients
0.76
(0.47-1.22)
0.25 0.59
(0.35-1.00)
0.05 0.59
(0.231.50)
0.26 1.15
(0.373.53)
0.81

Antidepressant use: normal anxiety and depression scores at baseline 0.77
(0.38-1.54)
0.77 0.72
(0.36-1.44)
0.35 1.01
(0.352.93)
0.98 2.15
(0.558.50)
0.27

Antidepressant use: abnormal anxiety or depression scores at baseline 0.63
(0.32-1.23)
0.17 0.47
(0.21-1.05)
0.07 0.20
(0.031.57)
0.13 0.37
(0.053.04)
0.36

SSRI use: all patients 0.74
(0.41-1.31)
0.30 0.47
(0.24-0.93)
0.03 0.35
(0.081.46)
0.15 0.86
(0.193.85)
0.84

SSRI use: normal anxiety and depression scores at baseline 0.76
(0.31-1.91)
0.56 0.49
(0.18-1.37)
0.18 0.87
(0.203.75)
0.86 2.39
(0.4712.2)
0.29

SSRI use: abnormal anxiety or depression scores at baseline 0.58
(0.27-1.26)
0.17 0.43
(0.17-1.11)
0.08 0.03
(0.0010.1)
0.24 0.03
(0.0073.9)
0.39