Table 4.

Association between well-being and fecal urgency among ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease patients

	Ulcerative colitis	Crohn’s disease
Variable	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Urgency level
Mild	2.33 (1.10, 4.96)	1.55 (0.96, 2.50)
Moderate-severe	4.20 (1.69, 10.40)	2.52 (1.51, 4.22)
Age	1.01 (0.99, 1.04)	1.01 (1.00, 1.03)
Female	1.00 (0.53, 1.90)	0.78 (0.52, 1.18)
Average bowel movements per day	1.05 (0.93, 1.20)	1.10 (1.01, 1.21)
Presence of bleeding	1.54 (0.72, 3.33)	2.35 (1.41, 3.92)
Stool frequency
1-2 stools > normal	4.18 (1.78, 9.79)	2.54 (1.59, 4.06)
3-4 stools > normal	4.33 (1.48, 12.66)	2.46 (1.35, 4.50)
>4 stools > normal	3.08 (0.79, 12.00)	3.40 (1.39, 8.36)
Abdominal pain
Mild	3.19 (1.57, 6.46)	3.28 (2.12, 5.09)
Moderate-severe	3.87 (1.12, 13.41)	9.47 (5.27, 16.99)

Reference categories: well-being (generally well), sex (male), stool frequency (normal), bleeding frequency (none), and abdominal pain (none).