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Table 2 Prevalence of immune-related diseases prior to one year before the index date

From: Bidirectional association between infectious gastroenteritis and inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study

Immune-related diseases

Controls, n (%)

Cases, n (%)

p-value

Cases

p-value

CD, n (%)

UC, n (%)

At least one

 without

28,234 (97.39)

2777 (95.79)

< 0.001

783 (94.57)

1994 (96.28)

0.038

 with

756 (2.61)

122 (4.21)

45 (5.43)

77 (3.72)

Asthma

 without

28,628 (98.75)

2848 (98.24)

0.020

813 (98.19)

2035 (98.26)

0.892

 with

362 (1.25)

51 (1.76)

 

15 (1.81)

36 (1.74)

 

Rheumatoid arthritis

 without

28,913 (99.73)

2882 (99.41)

0.002

819 (98.91)

2063 (99.61)

0.033

 with

77 (0.27)

17 (0.59)

 

9 (1.09)

8 (0.39)

 

Psoriasis

 without

28,912 (99.73)

2886 (99.55)

0.084

824 (99.52)

2062 (99.57)

1.000

 with

78 (0.27)

13 (0.45)

 

4 (0.48)

9 (0.43)

 

Autoimmune thyroiditis

 without

28,968 (99.92)

2895 (99.86)

0.291

828 (100.00)

2067 (99.81)

0.583

 with

22 (0.08)

4 (0.14)

 

0 (0.00)

4 (0.19)

 

Vasculitis

 without

28,899 (99.69)

2879 (99.31)

0.001

818 (98.79)

2061 (99.52)

0.033

 with

91 (0.31)

20 (0.69)

 

10 (1.21)

10 (0.48)

 

Ankylosing spondylitis

 without

28,899 (99.69)

2878 (99.28)

< 0.001

817 (98.67)

2061 (99.52)

 

 with

91 (0.31)

21 (0.72)

 

11 (1.33)

10 (0.48)

0.015

  1. Bold values represent p < .05
  2. CD Crohn’s disease; UC ulcerative colitis