Table 5 Predictors of corticosteroid use at 1 year after IBD diagnosis (n = 62)
From: Multicenter registry of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease from a developing country
Characteristics at diagnosis | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95%Cl) | P | OR (95%Cl) | P | |
Age | 1.01 (0.90, 1.13) | 0.87 | ||
Female | 2.51 (0.89, 7.08) | 0.08 | 3.08 (1.02, 9.33) | 0.046 |
Duration from onset to diagnosis | 0.99 (0.95, 1.02) | 0.51 | ||
Type of IBD (Crohn’s disease vs. ulcerative colitis) | 2.50 (0.89, 7.14) | 0.08 | 3.03 (1.02, 9.09) | 0.046 |
Abdominal pain | 0.74 (0.27, 2.06) | 0.57 | ||
Diarrhea | 1.06 (0.36, 3.13) | 0.92 | ||
Weight loss/failure to thrive | 2.19 (0.79, 6.05) | 0.13 | ||
Anemia | 0.65 (0.21, 2.05) | 0.47 | ||
Thrombocytosis | 1.20 (0.42, 3.41) | 0.73 | ||
Hypoalbuminemia | 1.91 (0.70, 5.25) | 0.21 | ||
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate > 20 mm/h | 1.29 (0.26, 6.29) | 0.76 | ||
C-reactive protein > 5 mg/L | 2.10 (0.67, 6.65) | 0.21 | ||
Moderate to severe disease (defined by disease activity score*) | 1.37 (0.49, 3.86) | 0.55 | ||