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Table 2 Background characteristics

From: Construct validity of EQ-5D-5L among patients with inflammatory bowel disease—a study based on real-world data from the Swedish Inflammatory Bowel Disease Registry

 

Total

n = 9769

Crohn’s disease

n = 4159

Ulcerative colitis

n = 5143

IBD-U

n = 467

Sex

 Male

52.0%

51.6%

53.5%

38.3%

 Female

48.0%

48.4%

46.5%

61.7%

Age at diagnosis, mean (SD)

31.28 (15.75)

28.81 (14.91)

32.35 (15.55)

41.53 (19.45)

Age at EQ-5D-5L registration, mean (SD)

46.94 (17.28)

46.27 (17.21)

47.21 (17.09)

50.02 (19.44)

PGA

    

 Inactive disease

67.5%

66.0%

69.0%

63.2%

 Mild activity

19.4%

20.7%

18.0%

22.7%

 Moderate activity

10.1%

10.0%

10.2%

10.1%

 Severe activity

1.8%

1.3%

2.1%

2.8%

 Not assessable

1.2%

1.9%

0.6%

1.3%

SHS symptoms

 No symptoms

30.0%

24.9%

34.6%

23.8%

 Mild symptoms

32.6%

34.3%

31.6%

27.2%

 Moderate symptoms

20.3%

23.2%

17.8%

23.1%

 Rather severe symptoms

9.9%

10.6%

8.9%

15.0%

 Severe symptoms

5.2%

5.1%

5.2%

7.3%

 Very severe symptoms

1.9%

1.9%

2.0%

3.6%

SHS Interference in daily life (functional status)

 Not at all

33.4%

28.5%

37.3%

34.0%

 To a low degree

30.8%

30.7%

31.3%

25.7%

 To a moderate degree

17.4%

19.9%

15.5%

16.3%

 To a fairly high degree

9.1%

10.4%

7.9%

11.1%

 To a high degree

5.3%

5.8%

4.8%

6.9%

 To a very high degree

4.0%

4.7%

3.2%

6.0%

SHS Worry due to IBD

 Not at all

20.0%

18.0%

21.5%

19.9%

 To a low degree

34.2%

34.6%

34.4%

27.8%

 To a moderate degree

22.8%

23.2%

22.5%

23.6%

 To a fairly high degree

11.8%

11.9%

11.4%

15.0%

 To a high degree

6.9%

7.7%

6.1%

7.3%

 To a very high degree

4.4%

4.7%

4.0%

6.4%

SHS General well-being

 Very good

17.0%

15.4%

18.1%

18.8%

 Good

36.1%

35.1%

37.8%

27.2%

 Fairly good

28.3%

29.1%

27.7%

28.5%

 Bad

12.7%

14.1%

11.1%

17.3%

 Very bad

4.5%

5.0%

4.0%

5.8%

 Terrible

1.4%

1.3%

1.3%

2.4%

SI: Abdominal pain, na

8132

3491

4298

343

 None

53.7%

47.8%

59.1%

46.4%

 Mild

28.9%

31.1%

26.9%

31.2%

 Moderate

13.0%

15.4%

10.8%

15.5%

 Severe

4.4%

5.6%

3.2%

7.0%

EQ-5D-5L index, mean (SD)

0.79 (0.21)

0.77 (0.22)

0.80 (0.20)

0.76 (0.21)

EQ-5D-5L VAS, mean (SD)

74.48 (19.48)

73.33 (20.00)

75.73 (18.85)

70.56 (20.71)

  1. IBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease, IBD-U IBD Unclassified, PGA Physician Global Assessment, SD Standard deviation, SHS Short Health Scale, SI Symptom index
  2. aThe number of patients who had reported SI Abdominal pain was lower as there were some missing values