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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Nov;63(5):494–499. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001299

Table 3.

Patient characteristics associated with recall of medication dose and frequency.

Characteristic Recall dose P Recall frequency P Recall both(dose + frequency) P
Aminosalicylates (n =74 on drug) n = 49 n = 52 n = 45
Female 33 (67%) 0.53 35 (67%) 0.50 31 (69%) 0.37
Crohn’s disease 18 (37%) 0.78 20 (38%) 0.86 17 (38%) 0.99
Pediatric onset (diagnosis at < 18y old) 6 (12%) 0.72 8 (15%) 0.71 5 (11%) 0.49
Disease duration (years since diagnosis) 9.0 (4.5, 14.5) 0.97 10.5 (4.5, 16.0) 0.36 9.0 (5.0, 15.0) 0.88
Immunomodulators (n=41 on drug) n = 31 n = 34 n = 30
Female 16 (52%) 0.15 20 (59%) 1.00 16 (53%) 0.31
Crohn’s disease 13 (42%) 0.72 13 (38%) 0.21 12 (40%) 0.49
Pediatric onset (diagnosis at < 18y old) 9 (29%) 1.00 8 (24%) 0.17 8 (27%) 0.70
Disease duration (years since diagnosis) 8.5 (6.0, 15.0) 0.79 8.0 (6.0, 15.0) 0.24 8.0 (6.0, 16.0) 0.69
Biologics (n = 48 on drug) n = 33 n = 31 n = 26
Female 15 (45%) 0.03 15 (48%) 0.14 12 (46%) 0.13
Crohn’s disease 26 (79%) 0.29 23 (74%) 1.00 20 (77%) 0.50
Pediatric onset (diagnosis at < 18y old) 10 (32%) 0.28 11 (38%) 0.03 9 (38%) 0.07
Disease duration (years since diagnosis) 9.0 (6.0, 19.0) 0.10 9.0 (6.0, 17.0) 0.38 9.0 (7.0, 19.0) 0.25

P-value from Pearson chi-square test, Fisher exact test, or Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Age at diagnosis is unknown for 2 patients, and disease duration is unknown for 12 patients.