Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the included patients (N = 178).
| IBD Patients n = 77 (43.3%) |
Control Group n = 101 (56.7%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, n (%) | 0.327 | ||
| Male | 37 (48.1) | 56 (55.4) | |
| Female | 40 (51.9) | 45 (44.6) | |
| Age (years), mean (±SD) | 49.5 (±15.4) | 51.6 (±18.3) | |
| Age group (years), n (%) | 0.128 | ||
| 18–39 | 19 (24.7) | 29 (30.5) | |
| 40–59 | 36 (46.8) | 30 (31.6) | |
| >60 | 22 (28.5) | 36 (37.9) | |
| Highest level of educational attainment, n (%) | 0.973 | ||
| Primary school | 3 (3.9) | 4 (4.0) | |
| Lower secondary school | 15 (19.5) | 18 (18.0) | |
| Upper secondary school | 41 (53.3) | 58 (58.0) | |
| Higher education | 18 (23.3) | 20 (20.0) | |
| Occupation, n (%) | 0.050 | ||
| Student | 1 (1.3) | 6 (6.2) | |
| Worker | 46 (59.7) | 46 (47.4) | |
| Retired | 12 (15.6) | 9 (9.3) | |
| Unemployed | 18 (23.4) | 36 (37.1) | |
| Self-perceived health | 0.071 | ||
| Poor | 11 (14.3) | 15 (14.9) | |
| Fair | 41 (53.2) | 37 (36.6) | |
| Good | 19 (24.7) | 43 (42.6) | |
| Very good | 6 (7.8) | 6 (5.9) |