TABLE 3.
Percentage of adherent and nonadherent patients taking each type of medication
| Medication |
Group, % |
Patients taking medication, n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adherent | Nonadherent | ||
| Prescription | |||
| Oral steroids | 19.0 | 5.56 | 19 |
| Steroid enemas | 3.16 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Mesalamine | 42.1 | 55.6 | 50 |
| Mesalamine enemas | 10.5 | 5.56 | 11 |
| Sulfasalazine | 21.1 | 11.1 | 22 |
| Azathioprine* | 46.3 | 22.2 | 48 |
| Methotrexate | 3.16 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Infliximab | 12.6 | 0.00 | 12 |
| Antibiotics | 15.8 | 5.56 | 16 |
| Other | 6.32 | 0.00 | 6 |
| Vitamins/micronutrients/complementary | |||
| Multivitamin | 56.8 | 50.0 | 63 |
| Vitamin D | 57.9 | 38.9 | 62 |
| Iron | 52.6 | 33.3 | 56 |
| Calcium | 40.0 | 38.9 | 45 |
| Fish oil | 10.5 | 5.56 | 11 |
| Herbals** | 6.32 | 22.2 | 10 |
| Other (nutritional therapy, probiotics, other vitamins and micronutrients) | 19.0 | 11.1 | 20 |
| Total | 119 | ||
*
P=0.048;
**
P=0.029