Table 1. Patients’ baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	Total
Age median, year (range)	41 (22-68)
Sex: female	108 (72%)
Sex: male	42 (28%)
Categories of disease (%)
Crohn’s disease	78 (52%)
Ileal	35
Colonic	36
Ileocolonic	6
Pouch	1
Ulcerative colitis	72 (48%)
Isolated proctitis	32
Left-sided proctitis	31
Pancolitis	3
Pouch	6
Education level
Middle school	27
High school	42
College	37
University or above	44
Chronic constipation	72 (48%)
Duration of disease, year (range)	7 (5-10)
History of treated anxiety/depression (%)	32 (21%)
Co-morbidities
Diabetes	0
Cardiovascular diseases	0
Severity/category
Mild	78 (52%)
Moderate	62 (41%)
Severe	10 (7%)
Treatment
Corticosteroids	32 (21%)
Oral 5-aminosalicylates	96 (64%)
Infliximab	28 (19%)
Azathioprine	23 (15%)
Vedolizumab	8 (5%)