Ulcers

Clinical Study

Fat Restriction Is Associated with Impaired Quality of Life in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease

Table 4

Correlations between PCS/MCS scale scores and clinical characteristics, biochemical markers, and fat intake as proportion of total energy intake.
IBD ( 𝑛 = 6 4 )CD ( 𝑛 = 3 3 )UC ( 𝑛 = 3 1 )
PCSMCSPCSMCSPCSMCS
Diseaae duration (y) π‘Ÿ 0 . 0 1 2 βˆ’ 0 . 1 7 5 0 . 0 7 0 βˆ’ 0 . 2 2 1 βˆ’ 0 . 0 8 5 βˆ’ 0 . 0 6 6
Body mass index (kg/m2) π‘Ÿ 0 . 2 6 1 βˆ— 0 . 0 8 8 0 . 1 4 4 βˆ’ 0 . 0 7 5 0 . 2 4 8 0 . 4 1 5 βˆ—
C-reactive protein (g/dl) π‘Ÿ βˆ’ 0 . 0 8 3 0 . 0 7 5 βˆ’ 0 . 0 5 8 0 . 1 9 6 βˆ’ 0 . 1 1 6 βˆ’ 0 . 0 4 5
Albumin (g/dl) π‘Ÿ 0 . 2 3 5 0 . 0 8 2 0 . 0 9 2 0 . 0 6 4 0 . 4 2 4 βˆ— 0 . 0 5 9
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) π‘Ÿ 0 . 0 3 3 0 . 1 9 6 βˆ’ 0 . 1 3 2 0 . 1 6 9 0 . 1 7 4 0 . 2 4 9
Fat intake(% energy) π‘Ÿ 0 . 1 7 5 0 . 2 8 7 βˆ— 0 . 1 4 6 0 . 4 5 8 βˆ— βˆ— βˆ— 0 . 2 3 8 0 . 1 0 9
The asterisk denotes the value is significant correlation ( βˆ— 𝑃 < . 0 5 , βˆ— βˆ— 𝑃 < . 0 1 , βˆ— βˆ— βˆ— P < . 0 0 1 ) by Pearson’s correlation or Spearman’s correlation.