TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics – respondents versus nonrespondents

Characteristic	Respondents (n=119)	Non-respondents (n=93)
Female sex, %	44.5	45.2
Age, years (mean ± SD)*	13.2±3.40	14.5±3.34
Disease type, %
Crohn’s disease	56.3	55.9
Ulcerative colitis	39.5	37.6
Indeterminate colitis	4.2	6.5
Disease duration, years (mean ± SD)	3.46±2.62	3.50±2.77

^*P=0.032