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