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. 2020 Oct 19;26(6):312–320. doi: 10.4103/sjg.SJG_30_20

Table 2.

Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis of risk factors for EBV-DNA positive, EBER-1 positive in IBD patients

EBV-DNA positive in blood
EBER-1 positive in mucosa
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Age ≥60 years 4.424 2.354-8.312 <0.01 4.535 2.356-8.729 <0.01 4.000 1.066-15.012 0.40 4.603 1.005-21.093 0.049
Male gender 1.445 0.783-2.669 0.239 - - - 0.441 0.101-1.930 0.277 - -
UC 1.689 0.934-3.052 0.083 - - - 3.750 1.114-12.640 0.033 6.616 1.410-31.040 0.017
Clinical disease activities*:severe 1.935 1.020-3.638 0.041 1.468 0.732-2.940 0.280 0.857 0.246-9.963 0.875 - - -
The degree of intestinal mucositis:severe 1.201 0.665-2.171 0.370 - - - 3.167 0.958-10.467 0.059 - - -
5-ASA 0.918 0.460-2.092 0.904 - - - 0.000 0.000 0.999 - - -
GS 0.840 0.463-1.524 0.625 - - - 0.455 0.141-1.467 0.187 - - -
AZA 2.052 1.119-3.764 0.020 2.020 1.030-3.962 0.041 4.615 1.228-17.341 0.024 7.668 1.515-38.826 0.014
IFX 1.584 0.445-5.516 0.439 - - - 1.462 0.123-17.318 0.764 - - -
IFX + AZA 1.696 0.371-7.745 0.515 - - - 1.243E+9 0.000 0.999 - - -

EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; EBER-1, Epstein-Barr virus-encoded small-RNA 1; UC, ulcerative colitis; 5-ASA, 5-aminosalicylates; CS, corticosteroids; AZA, azathioprine; IFX, infliximab; IFX+AZA, infliximab in combination with azathioprine, all patients. *Clinical disease activities: the Mayo Clinic score for ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn’s disease activity index for Crohn’s disease (CD)