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Table 1 Characteristics of participants with a register-based diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in the ABIS cohort

From: Epidemiology, validation, and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease: the ABIS birth cohort study

Characteristic

Overall, N = 16,223

No IBD, n = 16,110

IBDa, n = 113

CD, n = 40

UC, n = 57

Sex

 Female

7,821 (48.2%)

7,769 (48.2%)

52 (46.0%)

14 (35.0%)

27 (47.4%)

 Male

8,402 (51.8%)

8,341 (51.8%)

61 (54.0%)

26 (65.0%)

30 (52.6%)

Birth year

 1997

1,668 (10.3%)

1,657 (10.3%)

11 (9.7%)

3 (7.5%)

6 (10.5%)

 1998

8,602 (53.0%)

8,536 (53.0%)

66 (58.4%)

25 (62.5%)

33 (57.9%)

 1999

5,953 (36.7%)

5,917 (36.7%)

36 (31.9%)

12 (30.0%)

18 (31.6%)

Age at end of observation/diagnosis (years)

 Mean (SD)

22.2 (1.0)

22.2 (0.9)

16.9 (3.7)

16.5 (3.3)

17.0 (4.1)

 Median (IQR)

22.3 (21.7, 22.7)

22.3 (21.8, 22.7)

17.9 (15.1, 19.5)

16.4 (14.3, 18.5)

18.1 (15.7, 19.7)

 Range

0.1, 23.5

0.1, 23.5

2.6, 22.7

4.7, 22.4

2.6, 22.7

Maternal IBD

 Yes

99 (0.6%)

95 (0.6%)

4 (3.5%)

2 (5.0%)

2 (3.5%)

Paternal IBD

 Yes

98 (0.6%)

97 (0.6%)

1 (0.9%)

1 (2.5%)

0 (0.0%)

Maternal education level

 0–9 years

1,358 (8.6%)

1,346 (8.6%)

12 (10.7%)

5 (12.5%)

7 (12.5%)

 10–12 years

8,813 (55.6%)

8,749 (55.6%)

64 (57.1%)

20 (50.0%)

33 (58.9%)

 ≥ 13 years

5,669 (35.8%)

5,633 (35.8%)

36 (32.1%)

15 (37.5%)

16 (28.6%)

Missing data

383

382

1

0

1

Delivery mode

 Vaginal

13,040 (80.4%)

12,949 (80.4%)

91 (80.5%)

34 (85.0%)

45 (78.9%)

 Caesarean

1,866 (11.5%)

1,851 (11.5%)

15 (13.3%)

4 (10.0%)

8 (14.0%)

Missing data

1317 (8.1%)

1310 (8.1%)

7 (6.2%)

2 (5.0%)

4 (7.0%)

Maternal age at delivery (years)

 Mean (SD)

29.0 (4.6)

29.0 (4.6)

29.3 (4.6)

29.4 (5.2)

28.8 (4.2)

 Missing data

250

250

0

0

0

Gestational age (weeks)

 Mean (SD)

39.7 (1.8)

39.7 (1.8)

39.6 (1.7)

39.7 (1.8)

39.7 (1.6)

Missing data

333

331

2

0

1

Small for gestational ageb

 Small

292 (1.9%)

288 (1.9%)

4 (3.6%)

2 (5.1%)

1 (1.8%)

Missing data

732

729

3

1

1

  1. aInclude data on patients with undefined inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), where a mix of IBD codes did not allow us to distinguish Crohn's disease (CD) from ulcerative colitis (UC)
  2. bSmall for gestational age equalled < 2 standard deviations (SD) of mean weight for age. ABIS All Babies in Southeast Sweden, IQR interquartile range