Assessment of disease specific knowledge and health-related quality of life among United States military veterans with inflammatory bowel disease

Table 1 Demographic features and their association with patient knowledge (Crohn’s and Colitis knowledge score)

		CCKNOW score, mean ± SD	P value
Total	101%	11.5 ± 5.2
Gender			0.06
Female	9%	14.8 ± 3.2
Male	91%	11.2 ± 5.2
Race			0.02
Caucasian	33.70%	12.5 ± 5.2
Non-caucasian	66.30%	9.6 ± 4.7
Age at diagnosis (yr)			< 0.01
< 17	1%	14 ± 0.0
17-40	56.4%	13.1 ± 4.8
> 40	42.6%	9.2 ± 7.8
Level of education			0.07
No college	65%	10.7 ± 4.1
College/ post-graduate	35%	13.5 ± 5.4

CCKNOW: Crohn’s and Colitis knowledge score.