The Frequency of Clinic Visits Was Not Associated with Medication Adherence or Outcome in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Table 5

Adherence to medication predicts 6-month steroid-free remission rates (using Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann–Whitney) test with steroid-free remission as dependent variable and adherence rate as independent variables).

	Steroid-free remission group		Steroid use relapse group			value
	Median adherence rate% (IQR)	of observations	Median adherence rate% (IQR)	of observations
Immunomodulators	90 (62 to 90)	150	57 (42 to 85)	10	−2.56	0.01
5ASA	82 (49 to 100)	64	48 (41 to 79)	8	−1.34	0.18
Biologics	100 (83 to 100)	79	71 (70 to 71)	1	−1.6	0.11
Combined all 3 drugs	86 (67 to 100)	198	53 (42 to 85)	15	−2.67	0.008
Blood work	67 (42 to 96)	232	67 (50 to 100)	18	0.72	0.47