Table 2. Potential determinants of age at transfer (n, row percent; only cases aged > 18).
| Early (up to 17) |
Reference (18) |
Late (19 and later) |
All | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 20 (15.0%) | 63 (47.4%) | 50 (37.6%) | 133 |
| Female | 28 (21.5%) | 65 (50.0%) | 37 (28.5%) | 130 | |
| School / Exam | Basic /other | 4 (16.0%) | 17 (68.0%) | 4 (16.0%) | 25 |
| Intermediate | 25 (26.9%) | 46 (49.5%) | 22 (23.7%) | 93 | |
| Advanced | 19 (13.1%) | 65 (44.8%) | 61 (42.1%) | 145 | |
| Age at Diagnosis | 0 to 9 | 12 (21.8%) | 28 (50.9%) | 15 (27.3%) | 55 |
| 10 to 13 | 19 (17.8%) | 51 (47.7%) | 37 (34.6%) | 107 | |
| 14 + | 16 (17.6%) | 45 (49.5%) | 30 (33.0%) | 91 | |
| Region (collapsed) | North-West | 11 (23.4%) | 22 (46.8%) | 14 (29.8%) | 47 |
| Middle-West | 11 (21.2%) | 24 (46.2%) | 17 (32.7%) | 52 | |
| South-West | 9 (15.3%) | 23 (39.0%) | 27 (45.8%) | 59 | |
| East | 17 (17.5%) | 57 (58.8%) | 23 (23.7%) | 97 | |
| Austria | 0 | 2 (25.0%) | 6 (75.0%) | 8 | |
| Parental SES | Low | 11 (30.6%) | 20 (55.6%) | 5 (13.9%) | 36 |
| Middle | 19 (17.4%) | 64 (58.7%) | 26 (23.9%) | 109 | |
| High | 14 (12.6%) | 42 (37.8%) | 55 (49.5%) | 111 | |
| Type of IBD | Crohn’s Disease | 32 (18.7%) | 83 (48.5%) | 56 (32.7%) | 171 |
| Ulcerative Colitis | 13 (17.6%) | 38 (51.4%) | 23 (31.1%) | 74 | |
| Not specifided | 3 (16.7%) | 7 (38.9%) | 8 (44.4%) | 18 | |
| Total | 48 (18.3%) | 128 (48.7%) | 87 (33.1%) | 263 |
Schooling: Basic: Haupt/Volksschule, Hauptschulabschluss; Other: not given, Gesamtschule, special schools, other; intermediate: Realschule, Fachhochschulreife; advanced: A levels, Abitur, Matura, Gymnasium;