Table 3.

Associations between the patient characteristics and diagnostic delay in 136 children with inflammatory bowel disease

	Delay ≥ 6 months			Delay ≥ 12 months
	%	OR1	95% CI	%	OR1	95% CI
Demographic data
Male (vs. female)	59.7	1.26	0.64–2.49	63.0	1.39	0.58–3.31
Age 13–17 year vs. < 13 year	37.1	0.73	0.37–1.46	40.7	0.98	0.42–2.30
IBD in relatives	14.5	0.67	0.27–1.65	18.5	1.08	0.36–3.20
Symptoms
Abdominal pain	74.2	2.07	1.00–4.31	74.1	1.66	0.64–4.26
Diarrhea	51.6	0.96	0.49–1.88	48.1	0.82	0.35–1.90
Blood in stool	46.8	0.28	0.14–0.59	40.7	0.33	0.14–0.77
Poor growth	32.2	0.83	0.41–1.69	37.0	1.15	0.48–2.75
Constipation	11.3	1.44	0.46–4.54	14.8	1.93	0.55–6.83
Nausea or vomiting	11.3	1.76	0.53–5.84	7.4	1.39	0.35–5.52
Other2	59.7	1.40	0.71–2.77	63.0	1.50	0.63–3.56

Bolded values are statistically significant

CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio. ¹Binary logistic regression analysis; ²E.g. tiredness, fever, oral symptoms, arthralgia