Multimorbidity among inflammatory bowel disease patients in a tertiary care center: a retrospective study

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Table 6 The relationship of multimorbidity with different variables based on logistic regression analysis

Predictor	Odds Ratio	95% CI		p
Predictor	Estimate	Lower	Upper	p
Age at diagnosis	1.04	1.0162	1.07	0.001
Smoking status
Ex-smoker – Non-smoker	0.74	0.0831	6.65	0.791
Smoker – Non-smoker	1.54	0.5431	4.37	0.417
Gender
Male – Female	0.5	0.2353	1.05	0.067
Type of IBD
Ulcerative Colitis – Crohn's Disease	0.96	0.48	1.91	0.910
Unspecified IBD – Crohn's Disease	2.36	0.03	199.14	0.704
IBD relapse
Infrequent relapse – No remission	1.38	0.2801	6.75	0.695
Frequent relapse – No remission	1.24	0.230	6.68	0.801
Thrombosis
Yes – No	7.83	2.6712	22.92	<0.001

Estimates represent the log odds of "Multimorbidity = Yes" vs. "Multimorbidity = No". Model Significance: χ2(9) = 34.8, p <0.001

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