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. 2019 Aug 22;34(37):e238. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e238

Table 2. Alteration of prescription patterns after delivery in AS according to delivery after 1:1 matching.

Variables Without delivery (n = 418) With delivery (n = 418) ORa 95% CI aORb 95% CI
Overall 129 (30.9) 104 (24.9) 0.74 0.54–1.01 0.76 0.56–1.05
Use of new corticosteroid or increase in dose 39 (9.3) 47 (11.2) 1.23 0.79–1.92 1.30 0.83–2.05
Regular use of new NSAIDs or increase in dose 63 (15.1) 38 (9.1) 0.56 0.36–0.88 0.56 0.36–0.87
Use of new DMARDs or increase in dose 59 (14.1) 64 (15.3) 1.10 0.76–1.60 1.10 0.75–1.61
Use of TNF inhibitors 11 (2.6) 7 (1.7) 0.63 0.24–1.66 0.65 0.24–1.72

Data are presented as number (%).

AS = ankylosing spondylitis, OR = odds ratio, aOR = adjusted odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, NSAIDs = non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, DMARDs = disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, TNF = tumor necrosis factor.

aOR of change in prescription patterns compared between 2 groups using a generalized linear model with binomial distribution to account for the matched nature of the data (reference group: without delivery group); bAdjusted for the presence of uveitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or psoriasis.