Epidemiological characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease in North-Eastern Poland

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of studied patients with UC and CD.

	UC (n = 233)	CD (n = 15)	P
Age of diagnosis (yr)	44.9± 1.1	34.3± 2.9	0.01
Sex (male/female)	128/105	12/3	0.06
Environment (urban/rural)	163/69	13/2	0.39
Education (grammar/secondary/high)	106/83/30	7/ 5/3	0.93
Labor (manual/intellectual)	138/72	10/5	0.94

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with UC.

	Proctitis (n = 16)	Left sided colitis (n = 183)	Pancolitis (n = 34)	P
Age of diagnosis (yr)	49.2 ±3.4	45.8 ±1.3	38.4 ±2.4	0.02
Sex (male/female)	10/6	97/88	23 /11	0.28
Environment (urban/rural)	12/4	125/58	25/9	0.80
Labor (manual/intellectual)	11/6	113/56	22/12	0.35
Surgical/pharmacological treatment	0/16	1/182	14/20	<0.001
Discontinuation of professional activity	5/11	61/122	21/13	0.02