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Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Jun 10;67(6):2039–2048. doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-07082-3

Table 3.

Clinical, medication, and patient-reported outcomes (at baseline survey, B) predictive of subsequent hospitalization (reported at F1) in patients with IBD, by Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

Crohn’s disease Ulcerative Colitis
Odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval) Odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Clinical characteristics
Age at diagnosis (per 1 y) - 0.98 (0.97 – 0.99)
Women (%) - -
BMI 0.97 (0.96 – 0.99) 0.98 (0.95 – 1.00)
Education (% >college) - 0.55 (0.33 – 0.92)
Disease duration (per 1 y) 1.01 (1.00 – 1.01) -
History of hospitalization (%) 1.17 (0.96 – 1.43) 1.34 (0.98 – 1.83)
History of bowel surgery ever (%) - -
Recent bowel surgery since the last survey 1.36 (0.91 – 2.03) -
Patients in clinical remission 0.52 (0.43 – 0.62) 0.48 (0.33 – 0.68)
Current Medications
Narcotics - -
Biologics 1.42 (1.21 – 1.66) -
Steroids 1.56 (1.29 – 1.88) 2.30 (1.64 – 3.23)
Immunomodulator 0.85 (0.72 – 1.01) -
5-ASA 0.88 (0.74 – 1.05) 0.61 (0.44 – 0.84)
PROMIS Domains (per 5 points increase in PROMIS scores)-
Anxiety domain 0.96 (0.89 – 1.02)
Depression domain 1.07 (0.99 – 1.15) 0.86 (0.77 – 0.96)
Fatigue domain - -
Sleep disturbance domain - -
Increased participation in social events domain - 0.88 (0.79 – 0.97)
Pain interference domain 1.11 (1.06 – 1.17) 1.12 (1.01 – 1.23)

Backwards logistic regression model was utilized. Variables that did not make it into the final regression model did not have an odds ratio reported.