Correlation between inflammatory markers and disease severity in ulcerative colitis

Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors independently associated with ulcerative colitis disease severity

Factor	β	SE	Wald	P value	OR	95%CI
Smoking history	1.431	0.547	6.844	0.009	4.185	1.432-12.229
Alcohol abuse history	1.271	0.513	6.132	0.013	3.565	1.303-9.749
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.039	0.523	3.942	0.047	2.826	1.013-7.878
TNF-α (pg/mL)	1.223	0.483	6.414	0.011	3.396	1.318-8.747
CRP (mg/L)	1.047	0.481	4.743	0.029	2.849	1.110-7.311

OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; IL-6: Interleukin-6; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha; CRP: C-reactive protein.