Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study patients .
| Characteristics | N=315 |
| Age (year), mean (SD) | 37.2 (12.2) |
|
Age category, n (%)
≤ 30 years > 30 |
101 (32.1) 214 (67.9) |
|
Sex, n (%)
Male Female |
151 (47.9) 164 (52.1) |
|
Education, n (%)
Illiterate Elementary High school University |
6 (1.9) 14 (4.4) 120 (38.1) 175 (55.6) |
|
Marital status, n (%)
Single Married |
102 (32.4) 231 (67.6) |
|
Cigarette smoking, n (%)
Never Previous or currently |
294 (93.3) 21 (6.7) |
| Positive family history of IBD, n (%) | 54 (17.1) |
|
Comorbidity, n (%)
Liver Disease Hypertension Diabetes Mellitus |
15 (4.8) 25 (7.9) 6 (1.9) |
| Time from diagnosis to data collection (year), mean (SD) | 8.7 (6.5) |
| Age at diagnosis (year), mean (SD) | 28.4 (11.7) |
|
Disease diagnosis, n (%)
Crohn’s disease Ulcerative colitis |
154 (48.9) 161 (51.1) |
|
Site of Crohn’s disease, n (%)
Ileum Colon Ileocolon Unknown |
44 (28.6) 44 (28.6) 55 (35.7) 11 (7.1) |
|
Site of Ulcerative Colitis, n (%)
Ulcerative proctitis Left sided colitis Pancolitis Unknown |
43 (26.7) 3 (1.9) 76 (47.2) 39 (24.2) |
|
Extra intestinal manifestation, n (%)
Masculoskeletal Deramtological Ocular Hepatobiliary |
23 (7.3) 13 (4.1) 6 (1.9) 15 (4.7) |
| Anti-TNF therapy(year), mean (SD) | 2.5 (0.8) |