Addressing diagnostic delays in inflammatory bowel diseases in Germany

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2024; 30(41): 4484-4489
Published online Nov 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i41.4484

Table 1 Multivariate analysis for Crohn’s disease (original table 3)[1]

Parameter	Patient waiting time
Parameter	HR	95%CI	P value
Abdominal pain¹	1.428	1.062-1.919	0.018
Fistula¹	2.841	1.125-7.175	0.027
Positive family history	1.734	1.196-2.514	0.004

¹Predominant symptom.

CI: Confidence interval; HR: Hazard ratio. Citation: Blüthner E, Dehe A, Büning C, Siegmund B, Prager M, Maul J, Krannich A, Preiß J, Wiedenmann B, Rieder F, Khedraki R, Tacke F, Sturm A, Schirbel A. Diagnostic delay in inflammatory bowel diseases in a German population. World J Gastroenterol 2024; 30: 3465-3478. Copyright ©The Author(s) 2024. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of physician diagnostic time in Crohn´s disease (original table 4)[1]

Parameter	Patient waiting time
Parameter	HR	95%CI	P value
Diarrhea¹	1.438	1.085-1.906	0.012
Skin lesions¹	9.746	1.273-74.609	0.028
Gastroscopy	2.570	1.037-6.371	0.042

¹Predominant symptom.

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of physician diagnostic time in ulcerative colitis (original table 6)[1]

Parameter	Patient waiting time
Parameter	HR	95%CI	P value
Fatigue	0.685	0.512-0.917	0.011
Fever	1.813	1.096-2.999	0.020
Positive family history	0.681	0.466-0.994	0.046

Citation: Zhang SY, Lin Y. Addressing diagnostic delays in inflammatory bowel diseases in Germany. World J Gastroenterol 2024; 30(41): 4484-4489
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v30/i41/4484.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v30.i41.4484