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Table 3 Infancy period (within 1 year) risk factors for Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) by logistic regression

From: Pregnancy period and early-life risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease: a Northern Finland birth cohort 1966 study

 

CD, n = 41, OR (with 95% CI)

UC, n = 113, OR (with 95% CI)

Breast feeding*

No, (ref) n = 448

Yes, n = 2985

n = 9

n = 11, 0.18 (0.08–0.44)

n = 7

n = 54, 1.05 (0.47–2.32)

Iron supplementation**

No, (ref) n = 2 488

Yes, n = 3 606

n = 22

n = 13, 0.43 (0.21–0.89)

n = 48

n = 56, 0.72 (0.48–1.09)

DTP vaccination

No, (ref) n = 712

Yes, n = 5 647

n = 8

n = 29, 0.55 (0.23–1.34)

n = 16

n = 92, 0.74 (0.42–1.32)

Polio vaccination

No, (ref) n = 1 247

Yes, n = 5 038

n = 11

n = 26, 0.66 (0.31–1.44)

n = 26

n = 86, 0.82 (0.51–1.31)

  1. *Information available, n = 3 453
  2. **Regular iron supplementation
  3. DTP, Diphteria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccination ≥ 3 times; Polio vaccination ≥ 2 time
  4. Adjusted for mother’s smoking and use of antibiotics during pregnancy