13-year mortality trends among hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease

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Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression of factors associated with mortality

	OR (95% CI)	P -value
All patients with IBD
Calendar period^a	0.83 (0.72,0.96)	0.012
Age, per year	1.06 (1.05,1.07)	<0.001
Charlson index	1.29 (1.21,1.38)	<0.001
Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (versus Crohn’s disease)	1.41 (1.01,1.95)	0.042
Patients with ulcerative colitis
Calendar period^a	0.80 (0.66,0.97)	0.02
Age, per year	1.06 (1.04,1.08)	<0.001
Charlson index	1.27 (1.15,1.40)	<0.001
Patients with Crohn’s disease
Age, per year	1.06 (1.04,1.07)	<0.001
Charlson index	1.31 (1.19,1.45)	<0.001

^a Compares four calendar periods studied; odds ratio represents odds per advancing calendar period.

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