Worries and Concerns among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Followed Prospectively over One Year

Table 1

Primary Sociodemographic and clinical data at study entry (V1).

	UC (n = 92)	CD (n = 48)
Age (mean) (SD)	46.9 (5.8)	40.0 (15.0)
Age range	20–82	19–69
Gender
Female	43 (47)	36 (75)
Male	49 (53)	12 (25)
Educational level
Second level, first stage (lower)	16 (17.4)	5 (10.4)
Second level, second stage (medium)	42 (45.7)	22 (45.8)
Third level (university)	34 (37.0)	21 (43.8)
Smoking (yes)	23	20
Civil status
Single	15 (16.3)	10 (21)
Married/cohabitant	70 (76.1)	34 (71)
Divorced/separated	3 (3.3)	3 (6)
Widow/widower	4 (4.3)	1 (2)
Disease duration yrs mean (SD)	8.5 (9.5)	9.2 (9.6)

Abbreviations: UC: ulcerative colitis, CD: Crohn’s disease. Figures are in numbers and (%), if not otherwise noted.