Inflammatory bowel diseases patients suffer from significant low levels and barriers to physical activity: The “BE-FIT-IBD” study

Table 1 Sample characteristics concerning the type of inflammatory bowel disease

Variable	Crohn’s disease(n = 92)	Ulcerative colitis(n = 127)	P value1
Age	43.5 (29-53)	41 (30-55)	0.871
BMI	23.8 (20.8-26.4)	23.8 (21.4-25.9)	0.787
Gender			0.1572
Male	44 (47.8%)	73 (57.5%)
Female	48 (52.5%)	54 (42.5%)
Education			0.192
Primary school	32 (24.8%)	27 (21.3%)
Secondary school	52 (56.5%)	78 (61.4%)
Degree	8 (8.7%)	22 (17.3%)
Job			0.009
Unemployed	56 (60.9%)	51 (40.2%)
Employee	16 (17.4%)	38 (29.9%)
Entrepreneur	8 (8.7%)	16 (12.6%)
Worker	4 (4.3%)	7 (5.5%)
Student	8 (8.7%)	15 (11.8%)
Smoking status			0.003
Active smoker	16 (17.4%)	20 (15.7%)
Past smoker	32 (34.8%)	16 (12.6%)
Non-smoker	44 (47.8%)	91 (71.7%)
Alcohol consumer			0.8272
Yes	8 (8.7%)	10 (7.9%)
No	84 (91.4%)	117 (92.1%)
Comorbidity			0.256
Diabetes	8 (8.7%)	4 (3.1%)
Hypertension	20 (21.7%)	10 (7.9%)
Recurrent UTI	2 (2.2%)	4 (3.1%)
Chronic renal failure	1 (1.1%)	2 (1.6%)
Nephrolithiasis	3 (3.3%)	1 (0.8%)
Asthma	3 (3.3%)	-
COPD	2 (2.2%)	1 (0.8%)
Previous pneumonia	1 (1.1%)	1 (0.8%)
Dyslipidaemia	12 (13%)	35 (27.6%)
Arthritis	32 (34.8%)	34 (26.8%)
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis	7 (7.6%)	15 (11.8%)
Partner			0.3222
Yes	68 (73.9%)	86 (67.7%)
No	24 (26.1%)	41 (32.3%)
Biologics (yes)	76 (82.6%)	78 (61.4%)	0.0012
Steroids (yes)	4 (4.3%)	8 (6.3%)	0.5312

¹The P value was calculated by checking the difference in the distribution of different variables between the two identified groups (i.e., Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis).

²The Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was employed for evaluation.

BMI: Body mass index; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Data are expressed for continuous variables as median (interquartile range) and, for categorical and ordinal variables, as numerosity (%). Significant P values are indicated in bold.