Table 5 Lifestyle factors in microscopic colitis

From: The association between the intake of specific dietary components and lifestyle factors and microscopic colitis

 

Quartile range

Crude HR

95% CI

Adjusted HR

95% CI

Smoking

 Never smokers

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Ex-smokers

 

1.24

(0.80–1.92)

1.61

(1.03–2.51)

 Smokers

 

2.10

(1.39–3.16)

2.53

(1.66–3.84)

P for trend

 

<0.001

 

<0.001

 

Alcohol habits (g/day)

 Zero consumers

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Q1

2.55

1.22

(0.54–2.76)

1.27

(0.56–2.88)

 Q2

2.55–7.93

0.88

(0.38–2.04)

0.95

(0.41–2.22)

 Q3

7.93–15.97

1.36

(0.61–3.05)

1.62

(0.72–3.65)

 Q4

15.98–194

1.21

(0.54–2.75)

1.89

(0.82–4.33)

P for trend

 

0.522

 

0.032

 

BMI (kg/m2)

 Q1

23.01

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Q2

23.02–25.28

0.99

(0.62–1.56)

1.1

(0.70–1.74)

 Q3

25.29–27.97

0.89

(0.55–1.43)

1.1

(0.66–1.73)

 Q4

27.98

0.83

(0.51–1.35)

0.94

(0.57–1.53)

P for trend

 

0.395

 

0.903

 

Education

 Elementary school or below

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary and secondary school

 

0.87

(0.56–1.34)

0.83

(0.54–1.28)

 Upper secondary school

 

1.37

(0.80–2.36)

1.77

(1.02–3.08)

 Further without degree

 

1.26

(0.71–2.22)

1.41

(0.79–2.50)

 University degree

 

0.70

(0.39–1.26)

0.80

(0.44–1.45)

P for trend

 

0.709

 

0.776

 

Physical activity (points)

 Q1

3950

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Q2

3951–6750

1.24

(0.78–1.99)

1.28

(0.80–2.04)

 Q3

6751–10 670

1.06

(0.65–1.72)

1.10

(0.67–1.79)

 Q4

10 671

0.96

(0.58–1.59)

1.01

(0.61–1.66)

P for trend

 

0.706

 

0.852

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio. The HR was estimated through Cox proportional-hazards regression models with corresponding 95% CIs. HR was adjusted for sex, age and smoking, except for smoking that was adjusted for sex and age. A general linear model was used to calculate P for trend. Physical activity was obtained from estimated minutes per week spent on different activities. A score was constructed taking into account the intensity and duration of the activity; the score was divided into quartiles (Q). For smoking, 15 are missing in non-cases, and in education, 74 are missing in non-cases.