Table 1.
Participants' characteristics – demographics and other general information
| Group A – clinical | Group B – DCCV | |||
| Crohn's disease | Ulcerative colitis | Crohn's disease | Ulcerative colitis | |
| Age (median) | 38.5 yrs | 38.0 yrs | 38.0 yrs | 38.0 yrs |
| Working fulltime | 32 (36%) | 5 (21%) | 40 (31%) | 31 (33%) |
| In training/at school | 5 (6%) | 1 (4%) | 10 (8%) | 5 (5%) |
| SES high | 8 (10%) | 4 (20%) | 48 (39%) | 35 (40%) |
| SES low | 31 (38%) | 5 (25%) | 13 (11%) | 3 (3%) |
| Urban residency | 13 (15%) | 5 (21%) | 51 (40%) | 36 (39%) |
| Smokers | 46 (52%) | 6 (25%) | 38 (30%) | 6 (7%) |
| Roman catholic | 74 (82%) | 15 (63%) | 35 (27%) | 27 (29%) |
| Protestant/Lutheran | 9 (10%) | 5 (21%) | 55 (43%) | 33 (36%) |
| Comorbidity, minor | 19 (21%) | 4 (3%) | 20 (16%) | 14 (15%) |
| Comorbidity, major | 22 (24%) | 5 (21%) | 31 (24%) | 24 (26%) |
| Diabetes | 5 (6%) | 6 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) |
| Antihypertensive Therapy | 7 (8%) | 4 (17%) | 7 (5%) | 5 (5%) |
| On hormonal contraception | 25 (28%) | 6 (25%) | 29 (22%) | 24 (26%) |
| On hormone replacement | 3 (3%) | 1 (4%) | 5 (4%) | 4 (3%) |
| Anxiety | 33 (37%) | 7 (30%) | 38 (30%) | 20 (22%) |
| Depression | 19 (21%) | 8 (35%) | 12 (10%) | 9 (10%) |
| Has a partner | 61 (69%) | 18 (78%) | 93 (74%) | 74 (80%) |
| Married | 41 (46%) | 16 (67%) | 65 (51%) | 53 (57%) |
| N | 90 | 24 | 129 | 93 |
Not all categories shown for most variables.