Prevalence of- and risk factors for work disability in Dutch patients with inflammatory bowel disease

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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2017; 23(46): 8182-8192
Published online Dec 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i46.8182

Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis n (%)

	CD	UC	P value
n	1740	1054
Sex (female)	1103 (63)	561 (53)	< 0.01
Median age, yr, (IQR 25-75)	39.9 (30-51)	43.4 (33-53)	< 0.01
Median age diagnosis, yr, (IQR 25-75)	24.1 (19-32)	29.0 (22-39)	< 0.01
Median age disease duration, yr, (IQR 25-75)	11.7 (6-21)	10.3 (5-18)	< 0.01
Family history of IBD¹	518 (30)	266 (25)	0.01
Appendectomy¹	266 (15)	70 (7)	< 0.01
Smoking	1620 (100)	984 (100)
Yes	439 (27)	117 (12)	< 0.01
Disease location
L1: ileal disease²	324 (22)
L2: colon disease²	450 (31)
L3: ileocolon disease²	696 (47)
L4: upper GI disease¹	156 (9)
P: peri-anal disease¹	485 (28)
E1: proctitis³		77 (8)
E2: left-sided colitis³		315 (34)
E3: extensive colitis³		541 (58)
Disease behavior CD
Fistulising disease¹	289 (17)
Penetrating disease¹	232 (13)
Stricturing disease¹	445 (26)
Education	1708 (100)	1036 (100)
Low	932 (55)	517 (50)	0.02
Employment status
Full-time	607 (35)	440 (42)	< 0.01
Part-time	359 (21)	224 (21)
Partially disabled to work	129 (7)	54 (5)
Fully disabled to work	342 (20)	124 (12)
Sick leave	77 (4)	36 (3)
Retired	22 (1.3)	21 (2)
Other	204 (12)	155 (15)

¹Missing values were scored as non-present;

²These percentages are calculated for 1470 patients with CD;

³These percentages are calculated for 993 patients with UC. CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: Ulcerative colitis.

Citation: Spekhorst LM, Oldenburg B, van Bodegraven AA, de Jong DJ, Imhann F, van der Meulen-de Jong AE, Pierik MJ, van der Woude JC, Dijkstra G, D’Haens G, Löwenberg M, Weersma RK, Festen EAM, Parelsnoer Institute and the Dutch Initiative on Crohn and Colitis. Prevalence of- and risk factors for work disability in Dutch patients with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(46): 8182-8192
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i46/8182.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i46.8182

Spekhorst LM, Oldenburg B, van Bodegraven AA, de Jong DJ, Imhann F, van der Meulen-de Jong AE, Pierik MJ, van der Woude JC, Dijkstra G, D’Haens G, Löwenberg M, Weersma RK, Festen EAM, Parelsnoer Institute and the Dutch Initiative on Crohn and Colitis. Prevalence of- and risk factors for work disability in Dutch patients with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(46): 8182-8192 [PMID: 29290654 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i46.8182]

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