Do inflammatory bowel disease patient preferences from treatment outcomes differ by ethnicity and gender? A cross-sectional observational study

Table 2 Demographic, socio-economic and disease characteristics of all inflammatory bowel disease patients

Characteristic	Total, N = 361, n (%)	Jewish, n= 240, n (%)	Arab, n = 121, n (%)	P value1
Age, median (IQR)	35 (27-46)	37 (27-47)	33 (28-43)	0.053
Female	203 (56.2)	151 (62.9)	52 (43.3)	< 0.001
Years of education, median (IQR), (n = 353, missing = 8)	12 (12-16)	14 (12-16)	12 (12-16)	< 0.001
Education (n = 359, missing = 2)				0.02
Elementary school	8 (2.2)	2 (0.8)	6 (5)
High school	147 (41)	94 (39.3)	53 (44.2)
Higher education	204 (56.8)	143 (59.8)	61 (50.8)
Residence (n = 359, missing = 2)				< 0.001
Urban	242 (67.4)	188 (78.3)	54 (45.4)
Rural	117 (32.6)	52 (21.7)	65 (54.6)
Marital status (n = 360, missing = 1)				< 0.001
Relationship	217 (60.3)	162 (67.8)	55 (45.4)
Single	119 (33)	60 (25.1)	59 (48.8)
Widowed/divorced	24 (6.7)	17 (17.1)	7 (5.8)
Employed				0.012
No	93 (25.8)	52 (21.7)	41 (33.9)
Yes	268 (74.2)	188 (78.3)	80 (66.1)
Average number of hours worked per week, median (IQR), (n = 240, missing = 121)	31 (10.25-41)	40 (21-45)	15 (8-36)	< 0.001
Income level (n = 320, missing = 41)				< 0.001
Below average	192 (60)	112 (51.6)	80 (77.6)
Average	48 (15)	36 (16.6)	12 (11.7)
Above average	80 (25)	69 (31.8)	11 (10.7)
Co-morbidity2	72 (19.9)	58 (24.2)	14 (11.6)	0.005
Disease type (n = 359, missing = 2)				0.734
Crohn's disease	240 (66.5)	161 (68.8)	79 (66.4)
Ulcerative colitis	113 (31.3)	73 (31.2)	40 (33.6)
Undetermined IBD	6 (1.7)	6	0
Years since diagnosis, median (IQR), (n = 328, missing = 33)	8 (4-14)	9 (4-17)	6 (3-10)	0.01
IBD Disease activity last three years (n = 347, missing = 14)				0.97
Mostly quiet	85 (24.5)	57 (24.9)	28 (23.7)
1-2 attacks	139 (40)	91 (39.7)	48 (40.7)
Primarily active disease	123 (35.5)	81 (35.4)	42 (35.6)
Current steroid treatment	26 (7.2)	19 (7.9)	7 (5.7)	0.459
Current biologics treatment	216 (59.8)	143 (59.6)	73 (60.3)	0.889
Treatment effective (n = 328, missing = 33)				0.754
No-0	35 (10.7)	24 (11.2)	11 (9.6)
Yes-2	204 (62.2)	130 (60.7)	74 (64.9)
Partially-1	89 (27.1)	60 (28)	29 (25.4)

¹P value between Jewish and Arab patients.

²Co-morbidity included one or more of the following: diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, heart disease, chronic lung disease, other.

IQR: Interquartile range; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.