Table 1 Characteristics of the study population consisting of 168 CD and 161 UC participants

168 (51)

161 (49)

123 (73)

27 (16)

18 (11)

108 (67)

38 (24)

15 (9)

117 (70)

97 (60)

84 (68)

17 (63)

16 (89)

60 (56)

27 (71)

10 (67)

47 ± 16*

51 ± 15*

48 ± 16

46 ± 17

47 ± 14

50 ± 14

54 ± 16

45 ± 16

32 ± 15*

36 ± 15*

33 ± 16

30 ± 14

33 ± 9

35 ± 14

41 ± 17

32 ± 15

24.8 ± 4.7

24.9 ± 3.8

24.8 ± 4.4

24.9 ± 5.1

25.0 ± 6.6

24.7 ± 3.6

25.4 ± 3.9

24.8 ± 4.9

123 (73)

124 (77)

97 (79)^a

17 (63)^{a, b}

9 (50)^b

80 (74)

31 (82)

13 (87)

16 (10)

7 (4)

8 (7)^a

6 (22)^b

2 (11)^{a, b}

5 (5)

1 (3)

1 (7)

29 (17)

30 (19)

18 (15)^a

4 (15)^{a, b}

7 (39)^b

23 (21)

6 (16)

1 (7)

37 (22)

34 (21)

25 (20)

7 (26)

5 (28)

21 (19)

10 (26)

3 (20)

52 (31)

48 (30)

38 (31)

5 (19)

9 (50)

33 (31)

8 (21)

7 (47)

79 (47)

79 (49)

60 (49)

15 (56)

4 (22)

54 (50)

20 (53)

5 (33)

28 (17)**

97 (60)**

21 (17)

4 (15)

3 (17)

65 (60)

21 (55)

11 (73)

22 (13)

24 (15)

13 (11)

6 (22)

3 (17)

9 (8)^a

10 (26)^b

5 (33)^b

70 (42)**

33 (21)**

52 (42)

11 (41)

7 (39)

20 (19)

9 (24)

4 (27)

58 (35)**

27 (17)**

36 (29)

12 (44)

10 (56)

11 (10)^a

9 (24)^{a, b}

7 (47)^b

24 (14)*

11 (7)*

14 (11)

6 (22)

4 (22)

4 (4)^a

4 (11)^{a, b}

3 (20)^b

34 (20)

30 (19)

29 (24)

4 (15)

1 (6)

24 (22)

6 (16)

0 (0)

92 (55)*

61 (38)*

80 (65)^a

7 (26)^b

5 (28)^b

50 (46)^a

10 (26)^{a, b}

1 (7)^b

55 (33)*

70 (44)*

35 (29)

14 (52)

6 (33)

45 (42)

20 (53)

5 (33)

8 (5)*

19 (12)*

2 (2)^a

4 (15)^b

2 (11)^{a, b}

8 (7)^a

4 (11)^a

7 (47)^b

13 (7)

11 (7)

6 (5)^a

2 (7)^{a, b}

5 (28)^b

5 (5)

4 (11)

2 (13)

74 (44)

68 (42)

54 (44)

11 (41)

9 (50)

39 (36)

21 (55)

8 (53)

57 (34)**

13 (8)**

40 (33)

8 (30)

9 (50)

6 (6)

6 (16)

1 (7)

62 (37)

44 (27)

40 (33)

13 (48)

9 (50)

23 (21)^a

16 (42)^b

5 (33)^{a, b}