Table 1.
Patient demographics: IBD vs controls
| Patient demographics | Total IBD n = 116 | Controls n = 116 | P |
| Median age (yr) (range) | 46.5 (17-74) | 46 (19-72) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.025 | ||
| Caucasian | 93% | 85% | |
| Other (AA, Asian, Hispanic, Indian, Multicultural, West Indian) | 7% | 15% | |
| Marital status | 0.4 | ||
| Single | 21% | 18% | |
| Married | 70% | 64% | |
| Divorced | 7% | 12% | |
| Other (widow, unknown) | 3% | 6% | |
| Abortions (n) | 0.008 | ||
| 0 | 80% | 65% | |
| 1 | 11% | 17% | |
| > 1 | 9% | 18% | |
| Disease severity1 | |||
| Mild | 56% | ||
| Moderate | 31% | ||
| Severe | 12% | ||
| Nonresponders | 2% | ||
| Family history of IBD2 | |||
| Yes | 37% | ||
| No | 61% | ||
| Unknown | 3% | ||
| Disease duration in years | |||
| Median (yr) (range) | 16 (1-55) | ||
| 6MP use | |||
| n | 55 | ||
| Median (yr) (range) | 6 (1-26) | ||
| Imuran use | |||
| n | 9 | ||
| Median (yr) (range) | 3 (1-7) | ||
| Infliximab use | |||
| n | 12 | ||
| Median (yr) (range) | 1 (1-2) |
1
Combined patient-physician assessment;
2
Includes at least one other first degree or second degree family member with IBD.