The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated with Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life

Table 1

Diagnosis, demographic, and clinical data for those included compared to those not included.

	Included ()	Not included ()	value
Diagnosis
Ulcerative colitis n (%)	112 (46)	88 (41)
Crohn’s disease n (%)	134 (54)	124 (59)
Gender
Female n (%)	117 (49)	95 (50)
Age
Median (range)	39 (18–79)	40 (18–73)
Disease duration
Median (range)	8 (0.10–45)	9 (1–44)

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