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Table 2 Factors associated with the risk of intestinal ulcers flare-ups

From: Poor prognostic factors in patients with newly diagnosed intestinal Adamantiades-Behçet’s disease in the Shanghai Adamantiades-Behçet’s disease database: a prospective cohort study

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Male sex

2.28 (0.46–11.25)

0.441

Age at the diagnosis of BS > 35 years

2.64 (0.54–13.03)

0.262

Onset of BS (< 7 years)

1.31 (0.31–5.58)

1.000

Intestinal symptoms

4.72 (0.59–37.90)

0.132

5.14 (0.58–45.12)

0.140

Endoscopic characteristics

Location (ileocecal and colorectum)

0.59 (0.08–4.67)

1.000

Number, ≥ 3

0.16 (0.02–1.31)

0.060

0.15 (0.02–1.29)

0.084

Size, > 1 cm

3.07 (0.73–12.96)

0.196

Lab parameters

WBC > 6.4, × 109/L

0.76 (0.18–3.25)

1.000

Hb < 123, g/L

0.79 (0.19–3.38)

1.000

ESR > 24, mm/h

1.36 (0.32–5.78)

0.716

CRP > 10, mg/L

2.55 (0.52–12.57)

0.271

Positive FOBT+

1.50 (0.31–7.22)

0.617

Positive T-SPOT

0.79 (0.10–6.18)

1.000

HBV-DNA

6.87 (1.66–28.36)

0.287

Treatment

    

Biologics

1.83 (0.37–9.00)

0.697

IFX therapy#

1.41 (0.33–6.00)

0.711

Poor compliance

0.38 (0.05–3.06)

0.673

  1. +FOBT: fecal occult blood test
  2. #IFX therapy was administrated at 0,2, and 6 weeks (intravenous), and then maintained with the same dosage of IFX every 8 weeks