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Table 2 Physical activity during childhood and beginning of adulthood

From: Lifestyle factors associated with inflammatory bowel disease: data from the Swiss IBD cohort study

 

CD (n = 610)

UC/IC (n = 468)

Controls (n = 365)

p-value CD versus UC/IC

p-value IBD versus controls

Regular practice of sport [n (%)]

     

  Yes

353 (57.9)

287 (61.3)

258 (70.7)

0.252

0.001

  No

257 (42.1)

181 (38.7)

107 (29.3)

  

Regular practice of sport alone or in a club [n (%)]

     

  Yes

248 (40.7)

197 (42.1)

179 (49)

0.635

0.032

  No

362 (59.3)

271 (57.9)

186 (51)

  

Practice sport more than people in the same age [n (%)]

     

  Yes

65 (10.7)

49 (10.5)

51 (14)

0.922

0.210

  No

545 (89.3)

419 (89.5)

314 (86)

  

High level practice of sport frequently [n (%)]

     

  Yes

34 (5.6)

43 (9.2)

32 (8.8)

0.051

0.491

  No

576 (94.4)

425 (90.8)

333 (91.2)

  

Endurance sport [n (%)]

     

  Yes

2 (0.3)

3 (0.6)

4 (1.1)

0.453

0.337

  No

608 (99.7)

465 (99.4)

361 (98.9)

  
  1. All tests were two-sided, with a P value of less than 0.05 considered to indicate statistical significance. These results are highlighted in bold