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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population in 2014

From: Trends in prevalence, mortality, health care utilization and health care costs of Swiss IBD patients: a claims data based study of the years 2010, 2012 and 2014

n (%)

Total

IBD

Non-IBD

p a

 

n = 1,125,050

n = 4812

n = 1,120,238

 

Female sex

581,598 (51.7)

2695 (56.0)

578,903 (51.7)

<0.001

Age

 Total (mean, SD)

44.0 (23.5)

54.8 (18.0)

43.9 (23.5)

<0.001

 Men (mean, SD)

42.3 (22.8)

54.2 (17.5)

42.2 (22.8)

 

 Women (mean, SD)

45.5 (24.0)

55.4 (18.5)

45.5 (24.0)

 

Language areab

 German

840,900 (74.7)

3778 (78.5)

837,122 (74.7)

<0.001

 French

209,719 (18.6)

687 (14.3)

209,032 (18.7)

 

 Italian

74,413 (6.6)

347 (7.2)

74,066 (6.6)

 

Type of residence (urban area)

874,640 (77.7)

3799 (78.9)

870,841 (77.7)

0.04

Chronic conditions (median, IQR)

0.0 (2.0)

3.0 (3.0)

0.0 (2.0)

<0.001

Home care nursing dependency

30,669 (2.7)

285 (5.9)

30,384 (2.7)

<0.001

Health insurance plan

 Managed care

649,992 (57.8)

2340 (48.6)

647,652 (57.8)

<0.001

 Higher deductible

308,642 (27.4)

522 (10.8)

308,120 (27.5)

<0.001

 Accident coverage

677,107 (60.2)

2871 (60.0)

674,236 (60.2)

ns

 Supplementary hospital insurance

208,661 (18.5)

1020 (21.2)

207,641 (18.5)

<0.001

Purchasing power

 1 (high)

224,750 (20.0)

956 (19.9)

223,794 (20.0)

ns

 2

223,464 (19.9)

942 (19.6)

222,522 (19.9)

 

 3

224,857 (20.0)

961 (20.0)

223,896 (20.0)

 

 4

222,979 (19.8)

984 (20.4)

221,995 (19.8)

 

 5 (low)

229,000 (20.4)

969 (20.1)

228,031 (20.4)

 
  1. a p-values, assigning the differences between the IBD and non-IBD populations, were calculated using fisher’s exact test for dichotomous variables, using Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous, and using chi-squared test for categorical variables; ns = not significant
  2. bRhaeto-Romanic area is assigned to the German area