Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics

Characteristic	Telehealth (N = 103)	In-person (N = 103)	P value
Age—yr	48.8 ± 17.3	49.6 ± 15.6	0.72
Female sex—%	51.5	58.3	0.33
Number of prior visits with gastroenterologist*	5.3 ± 6.3	4.1 ± 4.6	0.12
Proportion of new consultations—%†	28.2	21.4	0.26
Proportion of novel medication prescription—%‡	73.8	74.8	0.87
Proportion of IBD—%§	37.9	46.6	0.20

Refers to number of prior appointments patient had with the gastroenterologist seen during index visit.

Proportion of visits that were for patients seen for the first time as an initial consult.

Refers to patients given prescription for medication/s that they were not on at the time of visit.

Proportion of patients seen for IBD-related visit/presentation.