Research Article
Sustained Clinical Efficacy and Mucosal Healing of Thiopurine Maintenance Treatment in Ulcerative Colitis: A Real-Life Study
Table 2
Logistic regression analysis of predictors of steroid-free clinical remission.
| Covariates | OR | 95% CI | value |
| Gender (female vs. male) | 1.12 | 0.63–1.98 | ns | Age (>40 years vs. <40 years) | 0.77 | 0.42–1.40 | ns | Extension (distal colitis vs. extensive colitis) | 0.85 | 0.48–1.49 | ns | Smoking habit (yes vs. no/ex) | 1.17 | 0.54–2.53 | ns | Starting thiopurine (within 1 year vs. >1 year after diagnosis) | 0.48 | 0.23–1.01 | ns | Indication for thiopurine Tx (no steroid dependency vs. steroid dependency) | 1.51 | 0.83–2.73 | ns | Concomitant aminosalycilates (no vs. yes) | 1.87 | 0.80–4.39 | ns |
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