Crude and adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for education status and household income relation to mucosal healing in the older group
| Variable | Prevalence (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| ≥51 years old (n=134) | |||
| MH (MES 0–1) | |||
| Low (≤12 years) | 46/82 (56.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate (12–16 years) | 13/18 (72.2) | 2.04 (0.70 to 6.82) | 2.67 (0.76 to 10.64) |
| High (≥16 years) | 26/34 (76.5) | 2.54 (1.06 to 6.62) | 3.27 (1.14 to 10.48) |
| P for trend | 0.020 | ||
| Household income, Japanese yen/year | |||
| Low (≤2 999 999) | 23/39 (59.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate (3 000 000–5 999 999) | 38/61 (62.3) | 1.15 (0.50 to 2.62) | 1.20 (0.47 to 3.06) |
| High (≥6 000 000) | 24/34 (70.6) | 1.67 (0.64 to 4.53) | 1.24 (0.37 to 4.29) |
| P for trend | 0.67 | ||
| Complete MH (MES 0) | |||
| Education | |||
| Low (≤12 years) | 20/82 (24.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate (12–16 years) | 6/18 (33.3) | 1.55 (0.49 to 4.56) | 3.02 (0.77 to 11.81) |
| High (≥16 years) | 13/34 (38.2) | 1.92 (0.81 to 4.52) | 3.19 (1.13 to 9.44) |
| P for trend | 0.027 | ||
| Household income, Japanese yen/year | |||
| Low (≤2 999 999) | 13/39 (33.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate (3 000 000–5 999 999) | 18/61 (29.5) | 0.84 (0.35 to 2.01) | 0.81 (0.30 to 2.23) |
| High (≥6 000 000) | 8/34 (23.5) | 0.62 (0.21 to 1.71) | 0.41 (0.11 to 1.44 |
| P for trend | 0.19 |
Adjusted for age, sex, use of prednisolone, current alcohol intake, current smoking, BMI, duration of disease, disease extent (pancolitis/non-pancolitis), education and household income.
BMI, body mass index; MES, Mayo endoscopic subscore; MH, mucosal healing.