Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (N = 624).
Variables | N (%) | Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age(year) | Complication | ||
 18–35 | 335 (53.7) |  No | 337 (54.0) |
 36–60 | 263 (42.2) |  Yes | 287 (46.0) |
 > 60 | 26 (4.17) | Influence on work/study | |
Gender | Â Mild | 335 (53.7) | |
 Female | 234 (37.5) |  Moderate | 191 (30.6) |
 Male | 390 (62.5) |  Severe | 98 (15.7) |
Character | Family history | ||
 Introverted | 362 (58.0) |  No | 582 (93.3) |
 Outgoing | 163 (26.1) |  Yes | 42 (6.70) |
 Ordinary | 99 (15.9) | Other chronic diseases | |
Nation | Â No | 443 (71.0) | |
 Han | 605 (97.0) |  Yes | 181 (29.0) |
 Minority | 19 (3.04) | Aminosalicylic acid | |
BMI | Â No | 419 (67.2) | |
 Underweight | 129 (20.7) |  Yes | 205 (32.9) |
 Normal | 338 (54.2) | Hormone | |
 Overweight | 157 (24.8) |  No | 270 (43.3) |
Education | Â Yes | 354 (56.7) | |
 Low | 198 (31.7) | Immunosuppressor | |
 Intermediate | 147 (23.6) |  No | 285 (45.7) |
 High | 279 (44.7) |  Yes | 339 (54.3) |
Residence | Biological agent | ||
 City | 458 (73.4) |  No | 464 (74.4) |
 Country | 166 (26.6) |  Yes | 160 (25.6) |
Solitary | EN | ||
 Yes | 62 (9.90) |  No | 441 (70.7) |
 No | 562 (90.1) |  Yes | 183 (29.3) |
Married | Surgery for IBD | ||
 No | 237 (38.0) |  No | 360 (57.7) |
 Yes | 387 (62.0) |  Yes | 264 (42.3) |
Employment | Duration | ||
 Student | 64 (10.3) |  < 1 year | 92 (14.7) |
 Yes | 341 (54.6) |  1–3 years | 157 (25.2) |
 No | 219 (35.1) |  > 3 years | 375 (60.1) |
Medical insurance | Hospital visits (time/year) | ||
 New rural cooperative medical insurance | 107 (17.1) |  < 3 | 170 (27.2) |
 Basic medical insurance for urban residents | 468 (75.0) |  3–5 | 147 (23.6) |
 Other | 49 (7.9) |  > 5 | 307 (49.2) |
Income(RMB/month) | Hospital stay (week/year) | ||
 < 5000 | 298 (48.7) |  < 2 | 279 (44.7) |
 5000–10,000 | 197 (31.6) |  2–4 | 148 (23.7) |
 ≥ 10,000 | 129 (20.7) |  > 14 | 84 (13.5) |
Treatment expense(RMB/year) | Smoking status | ||
 < 10,000 | 138 (22.1) |  Yes | 470 (75.3) |
 10,000–20,000 | 119 (19.1) |  Have given up | 112 (17.9) |
 ≥ 20000RMB | 367 (58.8) |  No | 42 (6.70) |
Disease type | Drinking status | ||
 UC | 195 (31.3) |  No | 553 (88.6) |
 CD | 429 (68.8) |  Occasionally | 53 (8.50) |
Disease activity | Â Frequent | 18 (2.9) | |
 Remission | 334 (53.5) | Exercise frequency | |
 Active | 290 (46.5) |  Few | 203 (32.5) |
 Mild | 180 (28.9) |  Occasionally | 209 (33.5) |
 Moderate | 93 (14.9) |  Frequently | 212 (34.0) |
 Severe | 17 (2.72) | ||
