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Table 3 Risks of active tuberculosis infection during anti-TNF therapy, derived from a Cox proportional hazards model

From: Risk and characteristics of tuberculosis after anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a hospital-based cohort study from Korea

 

TB + group

(n = 21)

TB- group

(n = 1413)

Hazard ratio

(95% CI)

p value

Age at anti-TNF (years)

39.57

31.22

1.041 (1.014–1.069)

0.002

Age of IBD diagnosis (years)

32.81

25.70

1.039 (1.012–1.067)

0.005

Female

9 (42.9)

485 (34.3)

1.286 (0.541–3.055)

0.570

IBD type

  

0.660 (0.254–1.714)

0.393

 UC

6 (28.6)

323 (23.1)

  

 CD

15 (71.4)

1087 (76.9)

  

History of smoking

10 (47.6)

433 (30.6)

2.094 (0.889–4.932)

0.091

Previous TB history

1 (4.7)

48 (3.4)

1.297 (0.174–9.665)

0.800

Screening for LTBI

  

1.170 (0.417–3.284)

0.765

 IGRA + TST

15 (71.4)

951 (67.3)

  

 IGRA

5 (23.8)

361 (25.5)

  

LTBI

3 (14.3)

195 (13.8)

0.896 (0.262–3.066)

0.862

  1. TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn’s disease; LTBI, latent tuberculosis infection; TB, tuberculosis