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