Fig. 1
From: Investigating the impact of steroid dependence on gastrointestinal surgical outcomes from UK Biobank

Cohort selection. Note that neither of the subjects were below 18 years’ old nor had a pregnancy status at baseline. We analyzed in total 3 subcohorts (UC/CD, UC-only, and CD-only). We used the UC/CD cohort to conduct additional analyses focused on time-series.