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Table 3 Logistic regression of employment versus unemployment

From: The relationship between socio-demographic factors, health status, treatment type, and employment outcome in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Japan

Variable

OR of Employment

P value

[95% Confidence Interval]

Gender

   

 Male

(Reference)

  

 Female

0.62

0.07

[0.37–1.05]

Age

 One additional age

0.94

0.00

[0.91–0.96]

Final education level

 Compulsory or senior high school

(Reference)

  

 Vocational School

1.25

0.51

[0.65–2.38]

 Junior college

1.11

0.80

[0.48–2.57]

 4-year or 6-year university

2.21

0.00

[1.29–3.80]

Master’s degree

2.95

0.06

[0.97–8.91]

Type of IBD

 Crohn’s Disease

(Reference)

  

 Ulcerative Colitis

1.95

0.03

[1.06–3.59]

Time after the diagnosis of IBD

 0–2 years

(Reference)

  

 3–8 years

1.75

0.12

[0.86–3.56]

 9–15 years

1.02

0.95

[0.50–2.09]

 Longer than 15 years

1.10

0.79

[0.54–2.24]

Comorbidity

 Hyperlipidemia/dyslipidemia

1.31

0.52

[0.58–2.97]

 Hypertension

0.74

0.38

[0.38–1.44]

 Depression

0.29

0.00

[0.14–0.59]

Treatment

 Prescription of biologics

0.51

0.07

[0.25–1.06]

 Experience of surgical treatment

2.44

0.08

[0.90–6.62]

Stage

Interaction

Experienced surgery

 Surgical treatment with biologics

(Reference)

  

 Surgical treatment without biologics

0.38

0.09

[0.12–1.17]

Constant term

59.44

0.00

[8.51–414.94]

  1. OR, odds ratio