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

Table 3 Physical activity concerning the type of inflammatory bowel disease

PA variable	Crohn’s disease(n = 92)	Ulcerative colitis(n = 127)	P value1
Intense activities (Met min/wk)	0 (0-192)	0 (0-240)	0.099
Moderate activities (Met min/wk)	208 (0-536)	140 (0-540)	0.590
Mild activities (Met min/wk)	293.75 (158.12-711.6)	350 (120-840)	0.940
Sitting time at work (min)	210 (113-292.5)	215 (125-292)	0.719
Sitting time at home (min)	174 (118.75-221.75)	177 (115-229)	0.855
Total score (Met min/wk)	828.25 (339.37-1343.5)	839 (390-1451)	0.678
PA level			0.995
Inactive	39 (42.4%)	55 (43.3%)
Sufficiently active	50 (54.3%)	66 (52%)
HEPA active	3 (3.3%)	6 (4.7%)

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).

HEPA: Health enhancing physical activity; PA: Physical activity. Data are expressed for continuous variables as median (interquartile range) and, for categorical and ordinal variables, as numerosity (%).