Table 3.
Characteristics of patients included in study 2 examining day-to-day variability of bowel symptoms.
| Crohn's Disease* (n=63) |
Ulcerative Colitis* (n=31) |
Total (n=94) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 31 | (49%) | 20 | (65%) | 51 | (54%) | |
| Female | 32 | (51%) | 11 | (35%) | 43 | (46%) | |
| AGE | |||||||
| Mean Age (S.D.) | 37.6 | (14.8) | 41.5 | (17.5) | 38.8 | (15.7) | |
| RACE | |||||||
| Asian | 5 | (8%) | 3 | (10%) | 8 | (9%) | |
| Black or African America | 5 | (8%) | 0 | (0%) | 5 | (5%) | |
| White or Caucasian | 52 | (81%) | 28 | (90%) | 80 | (85%) | |
| More than one race | 1 | (2%) | 0 | (0% | 1 | (1%) | |
| Not Reported | 1 | (2%) | 0 | (0%) | 1 | (1%) | |
| ETHNICITY | |||||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) | |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 63 | (100%) | 31 | (100%) | 94 | (100%) | |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less than High School Degree | 0 | (0%) | 1 | (3%) | 1 | (1%) | |
| High School Diploma | 2 | (3%) | 3 | (10%) | 5 | (5%) | |
| Some College | 17 | (27%) | 2 | (6%) | 19 | (20%) | |
| Bachelors Degree | 21 | (33%) | 9 | (29%) | 30 | (32%) | |
| Graduate Degree | 18 | (29%) | 14 | (45%) | 32 | (34%) | |
| Not Reported | 5 | (8%) | 2 | (6%) | 7 | (7%) | |
| OCCUPATION | |||||||
| Retired | 3 | (5%) | 3 | (10%) | 6 | (6%) | |
| Unemployed | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) | |
| Student | 10 | (16%) | 3 | (10%) | 13 | (14%) | |
| Manual Laborer | 1 | (2%) | 1 | (3%) | 2 | (2%) | |
| Office Worker | 4 | (6%) | 3 | (10%) | 7 | (7%) | |
| Homemaker | 1 | (2%) | 3 | (10%) | 4 | (4%) | |
| Professional | 34 | (54%) | 14 | (45%) | 48 | (51%) | |
| Other | 5 | (8%) | 2 | (6%) | 7 | (7%) | |
| Not Reported | 5 | (8%) | 2 | (6%) | 7 | (7%) | |
| TOBACCO† | |||||||
| Tobacco Users | 10 | (16%) | 2 | (6%) | 12 | (13%) | |
*
Diagnosis with CD or UC was based on physician diagnosis as recorded in the medical record.
†
Data for tobacco use were not available for 7 participants (7%) in Study 2: 5 with CD (8%) and 2 with UC (6%).