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. 2022 Oct 21;28(39):5750–5763. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i39.5750

Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate predictors of immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated colitis among patients using immune checkpoint inhibitor (n = 128)

Clinical variables
Univariate predictors
Multivariate predictors

OR
95%CI
P value
OR
95%CI
P value
Demographics
Age (yr) 1.01 0.98-1.04 0.417
Male 1.00 0.50-2.02 1.000
Female 1.00 0.50-2.02 1.000
Race
White 1.21 0.51-2.88 0.661
Black 1.00 0.14-7.33 1.000
Asian 0.79 0.20-3.07 0.730
Other 0.84 0.27-2.66 0.770
Type of malignancy
Melanoma 1.00 0.50-2.00 1.000
RCC 1.16 0.40-3.42 0.784
NSCLC 1.00 0.30-3.28 1.000
Sarcoma 0.82 0.24-2.83 0.753
Head and neck SCC 0.74 0.16-3.44 0.698
Other 1.15 0.41-3.18 0.795
Stage IV malignancy 0.72 0.24-2.22 0.572
Type of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor
Ipilimumab plus nivolumab 1.00 0.49-2.05 1.000
Ipilimumab 1.00 0.40-2.51 1.000
Nivolumab 1.00 0.30-3.28 1.000
Pembrolizumab 1.00 0.47-2.13 1.000
Atezolizumab 1.00 0.24-4.18 1.000
Number of Infusionsa 0.98 0.93-1.02 0.273
Dose of ICI (mg/kg) 1.23 0.82-1.84 0.327
Medical History
Non-liver, non-upper GIb 2.11 0.89-5.03 0.091
Autoimmune diseaseb 2.45 1.04-5.78 0.040 1.87 0.74-4.74 0.186
Prior irAE 7.74 0.92-64.82 0.059
Family history of autoimmune diseaseb 4.43 0.90-21.74 0.067 3.98 0.74-21.38 0.107
Prior immune-enhancing therapyb 0.20 0.04-0.95 0.043 0.19 0.04-1.01 0.052
Prior interferon-γ therapy 0.15 0.018-1.31 0.087
Vitamin D use 2.51 1.14-5.54 0.022 2.48 1.01-6.07 0.047
Smoking (current or prior) 1.37 0.68-2.74 0.377
NSAID use 0.89 0.35-2.28 0.811
Any vaccine 0.49 0.20-1.21 0.123
Flu vaccine 0.53 0.19-1.45 0.219
Pneumonia vaccine 0.54 0.15-1.95 0.350
Other vaccine 1.00 0.06-16.34 1.000
Weight at start of ICI (kg) 1.01 0.99-1.03 0.393
a

Number of infusions of immune checkpoint inhibitor prior to immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated colitis diagnosis (cases) or total (controls).

ICI: Immune checkpoint inhibitor; IMC: Immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated colitis; RCC: Renal cell carcinoma; NSCLC: Non-small cell lung cancer; SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; irAE: Immune related adverse event.