Clinical Study

Low Body Mass Index Can Identify Majority of Osteoporotic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Missed by Current Guidelines

Table 2

Results of the multivariate logistic regression in our IBD cohort with osteoporosis as the primary outcome.

VariableOdds ratio95% CISignificance (P)

Low BMI3.071.47–6.420.003
Age1.021.00–1.050.05
Female Gender2.090.99–4.40.05
Steroid use1.640.79–3.420.18
Colectomy1.70.84–3.430.14