Table 4. Characteristics associated with medication adherence.

Variables		Good adherence (n = 64)	Poor adherence (n = 29)	P value
Male sex		40 (63.5)	19 (65.5)	0.782
CD		55 (87.3)	23 (79.3)	0.426
Age at diagnosis, yr		13.2 ± 2.7	13.7 ± 3.1	0.343
Age at interview, yr		17.6 ± 4.0	19.4 ± 3.1	0.035
Duration of follow-up, yr		4.7 ± 3.3	5.7 ± 3.4	0.215
No. of hospitalizations		2.5 ± 1.9	2.4 ± 1.2	0.693
	No. of hospitalizations/yr (n = 87)a	0.8 ± 1.0	0.6 ± 0.4	0.024
No. of endoscopic examinations		4.3 ± 1.5	4.5 ± 1.4	0.484
	No. of endoscopic examinations/yr (n = 87)a	1.4 ± 1.2	1.1 ± 0.9	0.322
No. of patients who underwent surgery		0.6 ± 0.8	0.7 ± 1.1	0.536

Values are presented as number (%), mean ± standard deviation.

CD = Crohn's disease

^aSix patients with a follow-up of less than 6 months were excluded.