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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Intern Med. 2021 Aug 19:S0953-6205(21)00267-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2021.08.001

Table 2.

Prevalence and odds ratio of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), microscopic colitis, precancerous polyps, colorectal cancer and celiac disease in patients with IBS and matched controls as well as IBS and sibling comparators.

Group N events (%) IBS Comparators Odds ratio* (95%CI) Odds ratio** (95%CI) Sibling comparatOdds ratio*** (95%CI)
Overall
IBD 341 (1.6%) 5 796 (5.9%) 0.22 (0.20–0.25) 0.21 (0.19–0.24) 0.32 (0.19–0.53
Colorectal cancer 166 (0.8%) 6 166 (6.3%) 0.10 (0.09–0.12) 0.17 (0.14–0.20) 0.13 (0.05–0.37
Microscopic colitis 640 (2.9%) 1 649 (1.7%) 1.88 (1.71–2.06) 1.77 (1.61–1.95) 2.30 (1.30–4.08
Precancerous polyps 902 (4.1%) 12 635 (13.0%) 0.28 (0.26–0.30) 0.28 (0.26–0.30) 0.23 (0.16–0.33
Non advanced 669 (3.0%) 7 995 (8.2%) 0.35 (0.32–0.38) 0.34 (0.32–0.37) 0.23 (0.15–0.36
Advanced 249 (1.1%) 5 042 (5.2%) 0.21 (0.18–0.24) 0.23 (0.20–0.26) 0.34 (0.19–0.60
Celiac disease 192 (1.9%) 1 568 (3.4%) 0.54 (0.47–0.63) 0.54 (0.47–0.63) 0.47 (0.19–1.18
Age <50y
IBD 243 (1.8%) 4 902 (8.5%) 0.17 (0.15–0.20) 0.17 (0.15–0.20) 0.22 (0.11–0.45
Colorectal cancer 24 (0.2%) 981 (1.7%) 0.10 (0.06–0.14) 0.21 (0.13–0.34) -
Microscopic colitis 203 (1.5%) 782 (1.4%) 1.18 (1.01–1.38) 1.16 (0.99–1.36) 14.67 (0.37–578.5
Precancerous polyps 229 (1.7%) 3 071 (5.3%) 0.31 (0.27–0.35) 0.32 (0.28–0.37) 0.19 (0.07–0.50
Non advanced 177 (1.3%) 2 171 (3.8%) 0.35 (0.30–0.41) 0.35 (0.30–0.41) 0.17 (0.05–0.59
Advanced 54 (0.4%) 961 (1.7%) 0.23 (0.18–0.31) 0.26 (0.19–0.34) 0.83 (0.18–3.74
Celiac disease 136 (2.0%) 1 300 (4.2%) 0.45 (0.38–0.54) 0.46 (0.38–0.55) 0.27 (0.07–1.00
Age ≥50y
IBD 98 (1.2%) 894 (2.3%) 0.51 (0.42–0.63) 0.46 (0.38–0.58) 0.55 (0.13–2.30
Colorectal cancer 142 (1.7%) 5 185 (13.1%) 0.10 (0.09–0.12) 0.16 (0.13–0.20) 0.14 (0.04–0.44
Microscopic colitis 437 (5.3%) 867 (2.2%) 2.58 (2.29–2.91) 2.36 (2.09–2.66) 2.24 (1.14–4.42
Precancerous polyps 673 (8.1%) 9 564 (24.1%) 0.27 (0.25–0.29) 0.27 (0.25–0.29) 0.20 (0.13–0.33
Non advanced 492 (5.9%) 5 824 (14.7%) 0.36 (0.32–0.39) 0.34 (0.31–0.37) 0.25 (0.15–0.42
Advanced 195 (2.4%) 4 081 (10.3%) 0.20 (0.18–0.24) 0.22 (0.19–0.25) 0.26 (0.13–0.55
Celiac disease 56 (1.8%) 268 (1.8%) 1.04 (0.78–1.39) 1.00 (0.74–1.34) 0.47 (0.04–5.29
*

Conditioned on matching set (age, sex, county, and calendar period)

**

Conditioned on matching set and further adjusted for education and baseline medical comorbidities (cancer, diabetes, CVD, and neurologic disease).

***

Conditioned on matching set and further adjusted for age, sex, education and baseline medical comorbidities (cancer, diabetes, CVD, and neurologic disease).