CD | UC | Total | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 103 | 53.10 | 63 | 54.30 | 166 | 53.50 |
Female | 90 | 46.40 | 47 | 40.50 | 137 | 44.20 |
Not available | 1 | 0.50 | 6 | 5.20 | 7 | 2.30 |
Total | 194 | 100 | 116 | 100 | 310 | 100 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Caucasian | 189 | 97.50 | 108 | 93 | 297 | 95.80 |
Latin | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | 0.90 | 4 | 1.30 |
Gypsy | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.30 |
Arab | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.90 | 1 | 0.30 |
Not available | 1 | 0.50 | 6 | 5.20 | 7 | 2.30 |
Total | 194 | 100 | 116 | 100 | 310 | 100 |
Working status | ||||||
Employed by self | 115 | 59.30 | 51 | 44 | 166 | 53.50 |
Self-employed | 15 | 7.70 | 17 | 14.50 | 32 | 10.30 |
Retired | 16 | 8.20 | 16 | 13.80 | 32 | 10.30 |
Housework | 12 | 6.20 | 11 | 9.50 | 23 | 7.50 |
Unemployed | 17 | 8.80 | 4 | 3.40 | 21 | 6.80 |
Student | 6 | 3.10 | 6 | 5.20 | 12 | 3.90 |
Permanently unable to work | 6 | 3.10 | 3 | 2.60 | 9 | 2.90 |
Temporarily unable to work | 4 | 2.10 | 1 | 0.90 | 5 | 1.60 |
Other | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.90 | 2 | 0.60 |
Not available | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5.20 | 8 | 2.60 |
Total | 194 | 100 | 116 | 100 | 310 | 100 |
Level of education | ||||||
Secondary education | 101 | 52.10 | 46 | 39.60 | 147 | 48.50 |
Primary education | 45 | 23.20 | 30 | 25.90 | 75 | 24.50 |
University education | 42 | 21.60 | 32 | 27.60 | 74 | 24.30 |
Uneducated | 4 | 2.10 | 2 | 1.70 | 6 | 1.90 |
Not available | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5.20 | 8 | 2.70 |
Total | 194 | 100 | 116 | 100 | 310 | 100 |
Smoking habits | ||||||
Non-smoker | 86 | 44.30 | 70 | 60.30 | 156 | 50.30 |
Ex-smoker | 52 | 26.80 | 37 | 32 | 89 | 28.70 |
Smoker | 55 | 28.40 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 20 |
Not available | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | 1.70 | 3 | 1 |
Total | 194 | 100 | 116 | 100 | 310 | 100 |
Alcohol abuse | ||||||
No | 189 | 97.40 | 114 | 98.30 | 303 | 97.70 |
Yes | 4 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.30 |
Not available | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | 1.70 | 3 | 1 |
Total | 194 | 100 | 116 | 100 | 310 | 100 |
n | Mean | Median | SD | 25th percentile | 75th percentile | |
Age at signed informed consent (years) | ||||||
CD | 194 | 43.8 | 43 | 12.8 | 34.0 | 51.3 |
UC | 116 | 46.8 | 46 | 13.3 | 38.0 | 57.8 |
Total | 310 | 44.9 | 44 | 13 | 36.0 | 53.3 |
Time from diagnosis of IBD to anti-TNFα treatment initiation (months) | ||||||
CD | 193* | 89.5 | 45.5 | 97.8 | 11.6 | 156 |
UC | 115* | 77.6 | 43.8 | 82.1 | 10.8 | 143.8 |
Total | 308 | 85.0 | 45.5 | 92.3 | 11.1 | 150.2 |
Follow-up time from anti-TNFα treatment initiation (months) | ||||||
CD | 92 | 59.5 | 59.8 | 7.9 | 53.2 | 65.8 |
UC | 65 | 59.5 | 59.8 | 7.5 | 53.4 | 65.1 |
Total | 157 | 59.5 | 59.8 | 7.7 | 53.3 | 65.6 |
*Not available: 1 patient.
anti-TNFα, antitumour necrosis factor alpha; CD, Crohn’s disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; UC, ulcerative colitis.