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

Table 2 Sample characteristics concerning the levels of physical activity

Variable	Physically active(n = 125)	Physically inactive(n = 94)	P value1
IBD			0.8922
Crohn’s disease	53 (42.4%)	39 (41.5%)
Ulcerative colitis	72 (57.6%)	55 (58.5%)
Age	39 (29.5-52)	44 (29-55.25)	0.506
BMI	24.25 (21.47-26.28)	22.72 (20.95-25.71)	0.185
Gender			0.9522
Male	67 (53.6%)	50 (53.2%)
Female	58 (46.4%)	44 (46.8%)
Education			0.903
Primary school	34 (27.2%)	25 (26.6%)
Secondary school	75 (60%)	55 (58.5%)
Degree	16 (12.8%)	14 (14.9%)
Job			0.432
Unemployed	59 (47.2%)	48 (51.1%)
Employee	30 (24%)	24 (25.5%)
Entrepreneur	15 (12%)	9 (9.6%)
Worker	6 (4.8%)	5 (5.3%)
Student	15 (12%)	8 (8.5%)
Smoking status			0.607
Active smoker	21 (16.8%)	15 (16%)
Past smoker	29 (23.2%)	19 (20.2%)
Non-smoker	75 (60%)	60 (63.8%)
Alcohol consumer			0.8922
Yes	10 (8%)	4 (4.3%)
No	115 (92%)	90 (95.7%)
Comorbidity			0.899
Diabetes	8 (6.4%)	4 (4.3%)
Hypertension	20 (16%)	10 (10.6%)
Recurrent UTI	3 (3.2%)	2 (2.1%)
Chronic renal failure	-	1 (1.1%)
Nephrolithiasis	3 (2.4%)	2 (2.1%)
Asthma	2 (1.6%)	2 (2.1%)
COPD	1 (0.8%)	1 (1.1%)
Previous pneumonia	2 (1.6%)	-
Dyslipidaemia	28 (22.4%)	19 (20.2%)
Arthritis	32 (25.6%)	34 (36.2%)
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis	12 (9.6%)	10 (10.6%)
Partner			0.5702
Yes No	86 (68.8%) 39 (31.2%)	68 (72.3%) 26 (27.7%)
Biologics(yes)	91 (72.8%)	63 (67%)	0.3542
Steroids(yes)	10 (8%)	2 (2.1%)	0.0592

¹The P value was calculated by checking the difference in the distribution of different variables between the two identified groups (i.e., physically active or inactive).

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

BMI: Body mass index; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; UTI: Urinary tract infections. Data are expressed for continuous variables as median (interquartile range) and, for categorical and ordinal variables, as numerosity (%).