Table 1.

Clinical parameters of the Northwestern IBD Risk to Flare Participant Pool (N=36)

VARIABLES	Mean	Median	Standard Deviation & Range
Number of outpatient visits	7.5	6.0	4.1, 2.0–19.0
Number of outpatient visits (per yr/per person)	2.4	1.8	1.7, 0.3–6.2
Number of hospitalizations	0.4	0.0	0.8, 0.0–3.0
Number of Emergency Room visits	0.3	0.0	1.0, 0.0–4.0
Number of GI-related surgeries	0.4	0.0	0.8, 0.0–3.0
Alcohol use rating by physician	2.6	3.0	0.6, 1.0–3.0
Disease severity rating by physician	1.7	2.0	0.7, 1.0–3.0
Disease self-management rating by physician	2.4	2.0	0.9, 1.0–4.0

Abbreviations: NMFF=Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

Key: Alcohol use rating: 1=none,rare, 2=occasional, 3=social, 4=heavy; Disease severity rating: 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=fulminant; Disease self-management rating: 1=proactive, 2=adequate, 3=minimal, 4=poor