Research Article
Factors Predicting the Adherence to the Therapy of Italian IBD Patients
Table 1
Study population characteristics (151 patients).
| | Variables | N (%) |
| | Males | 81 (53.6) | | Age groups | | | <30 years | 58 (38.4) | | 31–50 years | 57 (37.7) | | >50 years | 36 (23.8) | | Type of disease | | | CD | 64 (42.4) | | UC | 87 (57.6) | | Disease activity | | | Remission | 82 (58.9) | | Active | 62 (41.1) | | Time from diagnosis | | | <1 year | 18 (11.9) | | 1–5 years | 59 (39.1) | | >5 years | 74 (49) | | Concomitant drugs | 42 (27.8) |
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CD = Crohn’s disease; UC = ulcerative colitis.
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