Table 2

Crude and adjusted ORs for ICH according to a diagnosis of liver disease before the date of hospitalisation.


Cases (n = 3522)
Controls (n = 35,173)
Crude OR (95% CI)
Adjusted OR* (95% CI)

Liver cirrhosis




     No
3499
35,129
1.0
1.0
     Yes
23
44
5.2 (3.2–8.7)
5.1 (3.1–8.5)
Alcoholic cirrhosis




     No
3503
35,134
1.0
1.0
     Yes
19
39
4.9 (2.8–8.5)
4.8 (2.7–8.3)
Non-alcoholic cirrhosis




     No
3518
35,168
1.0
1.0
     Yes
4
5
8.0 (2.2–29.9)
7.7 (2.0–28.9)
Non-cirrhotic alcoholic liver diseases




     No
3501
35,138
1.0
1.0
     Yes
21
35
6.0 (3.5–10.3)
5.4 (3.1–9.5)
Non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic liver diseases




     No
3508
35,054
1.0
1.0
     Yes
14
119
1.2 (0.7–2.0)
0.9 (0.5–1.6)

* Adjusted for discharge diagnoses of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic bronchitis and emphysema and prescriptions for antihypertensive agents, insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents, platelet inhibitors, high-dose aspirin, oral anticoagulants, statins, other lipid-lowering agents and hormone replacement therapy.

Grønbæk et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2008 8:16   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-8-16