Table 3.
Diet restrictions related to the use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD: n = 97) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA: n = 50)
| |
IBD patients using a special diet |
JIA patients using a special diet |
Total study group (n = 147) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No. of patients with a special diet (percentage of total respondents) |
53 (54.6%)* |
14 (28%)* |
67 (45.6%) |
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| |
CAM users |
Non-users |
CAM users |
Non-users |
CAM users |
Non-users |
| n = 52 | n = 45 | n = 19 | n = 31 | n = 71 | n = 76 | |
| No. of patients with special diets |
36 (69.2%) |
17 (37.8%) |
10 (52.6%) |
4 (12.9%) |
46 (64.8%)** |
21 (27.6%)** |
| Non-dairy (% of the patients on a special diet) |
30.6% |
23.5% |
10% |
25% |
26% |
23.8% |
| Lactose-free (% of the patients on a special diet) |
22.2% |
47.1% |
40% |
75% |
26% |
52.4% |
| Gluten-free (% of the patients on a special diet) |
19.4% |
11.8% |
10% |
0% |
17.4% |
9.5% |
| Avoidance of fruits/vegetables (% of the patients on a special diet) | 27.8% | 17.6% | 40% | 0% | 37% | 14.3% |
*difference between IBD and JIA patients: p < 0.002; **difference between CAM users and non-users: p < 0.0001.