The Relationship between Gender, Severity of Disease, Treatment Type, and Employment Outcome in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Israel

Table 1

Demographic and disease characteristics.

Characteristic	Patients N=242
Age median(IQR)	37.04(30.23-44.68)
Gender n(%)
Male	88(36.4)
Female	154 (63.2)
Education >12 yrs	154(63.3)
Marital status n(%)
Single	52(21.5)
In a relationship	171(70.7)
Past relationship	17(7)
Income level n(%)
Low	126(54.3)
Medium	46(19.8)
High	60(25.9)
Disease type
Crohn’s	167(69)
UC	65(26.9)
IBDU	10(4.1)
Other diseases n(%)
Diabetes	10(4.1)
Cardiovascular	4(1.7)
Hypertension	10(4.1)
Cancer	2(0.8)
Lung	3(1.2)
Hyperlipidemia	13(5.4)
Other disease	26(10.7)
Disease severity score	6(3.66-8)
Medications n(%)
Topical 5_ASA	24(9.9)
Tab 5_ASA	80(33.1)
Budesonide	12(5)
Prednisone	19(7.9)
Immunosuppressive	80(33.2)
Biologics	118(48.8)
Cannabis	22(9.1)
More than 3 medications	53 (21.9)