Association of medium and high (versus lowest tertile) macronutrient and food constituent intake and relapse in ulcerative colitis
| Median daily consumption | Categorical analysis (comparing tertiles to tertile of lowest dietary intake) | Continuous analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relapse | Non-relapse | Medium intake OR (95% CI) | High intake OR (95% CI) | LRT p | OR* | 95% CI | |
| *Odds ratio per 10 units of dietary variable, except for energy for which the odds ratio is per 100 kJ. | |||||||
| OR (95% CI), odds ratio (95% confidence interval). | |||||||
| p value from likelihood ratio test (LRT). | |||||||
| Macronutrients | |||||||
| Energy (kJ) | 11567 | 10657 | 1.32 (0.57–3.06) | 2.81 (1.14–6.93) | 0.053 | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 |
| Fat (g) | 100 | 94 | 1.30 (0.57–2.96) | 2.52 (1.06–5.97) | 0.085 | 1.06 | 0.99–1.13 |
| Fibre (g) | 21 | 22 | 1.06 (0.31–3.70) | 0.88 (0.34–2.29) | 0.916 | 1.08 | 0.76–1.55 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 291 | 319 | 0.94 (0.41–2.14) | 1.31 (0.56–3.06) | 0.698 | 1.02 | 0.99–1.05 |
| Protein (g) | 97 | 88 | 1.38 (0.60–3.15) | 3.00 (1.25–7.19) | 0.034 | 1.13 | 1.01–1.26 |
| Alcohol (g) | 14 | 10 | 1.21 (0.53–2.79) | 2.42 (1.04–5.62) | 0.088 | 1.19 | 1.01–1.41 |
| Food constituents | |||||||
| Non-starch polysaccharide (g) | 16.4 | 16.3 | 1.07 (0.48–2.39) | 1.14 (0.51–2.55) | 0.954 | 1.18 | 0.76–1.83 |
| Sulphur (mg) | 396 | 350 | 1.28 (0.57–2.87) | 2.76 (1.19–6.40) | 0.039 | 1.02 | 1.00–1.05 |
| Sulphate (mg) | 668 | 636 | 1.45 (0.64–3.30) | 2.61 (1.08–6.30) | 0.089 | 1.02 | 1.00–1.04 |