Table 2: Baseline characteristics of patients with IBD and control group with no IBD. Continuous data are shown as mean ± SD, significance is tested with the t-test. Categorial data are shown as an absolute amount (percentage), the significance is tested with the Pearson chi-square test. *p<0.05;§Education level: no education, primary or lower vocational education and lower general secondary education (low);secondary vocational education and higher general secondary education (middle); higher vocational education and university (high).Total activity score represents intensity factors per activity multiplied by the minutes per week spent on each activity as derived from the SQUASH. Abbreviations: IBD = inflammatory bowel disease; bpm = beats per minute. SQUASH = Short Questionnaire to Assess Health enhancing physical activity