Impact of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis on exercise and sports participation: Patient and parent perspectives

Table 1 Subject characteristics

Variables	Mean (standard deviation) or n (%)
Age (yr)	16.5 (4.0)
Age at diagnosis of IBD	11.8 (3.4)
Sex1
Male	81 (56.6)
Female	62 (43.4)
Year of diagnosis
2001-2010	49 (32.9)
2011-2013	46 (30.9)
2014-2016	54 (36.2)
Type of IBD
Crohn's disease	114 (76.5)
Ulcerative colitis	18 (12.1)
Indeterminate colitis	10 (6.7)
Unknown	7 (4.7)
Length of time unwell before IBD diagnosis
Less than 6 mo	70 (47.0)
6-12 mo	44 (29.5)
Greater than 1 yr	12 (8.1)
Greater than or equal to 2 yr	11 (7.4)
Not feeling sick around the time of diagnosis	2 (1.3)
No answer provided	10 (6.7)

¹Six subjects did not respond.

Mean with standard deviation is reported for continuous variables.

The (n) is the number of patients in each category with percentage. IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.

Table 2 Patient-reported exercise participation categorized by academic stage and activity type

Variables	n (%)
Elementary school (n = 121)
Active outside of organized sports	94 (77.7)
Organized sports (school team)	58 (47.9)
Competitive sports	76 (62.8)
Middle school (n = 104)
Active outside of organized sports	77 (74.0)
Organized sports (school team)	53 (51.0)
Competitive sports	58 (55.8)
High school (n = 96)
Active outside of organized sports	72 (75.0)
Organized sports (school team)	64 (66.7)
Competitive sports	38 (39.6)
College (n = 38)
Active outside of organized sports	31 (81.6)
Organized sports (intramural or club sport)	12 (31.6)
Other competitive sport (not intramural/club; not for college/university)	3 (7.9)
College/university team sports	7 (18.4)

The (n) represents the number of patients reporting participation in an activity type at specified academic stage. The percentages represent how many patients reported participation in that activity divided by the number of patients.

Table 3 Top 10 sports by academic stage

Elementary school			Middle school			High school			College
Sport	Frequency	%	Sport	Frequency	%	Sport	Frequency	%	Sport	Frequency	%
Biking/cycling	67	55.4	Biking /cycling	49	47.1	Soccer	27	28.1	Weightlifting	11	28.9
Soccer	63	52.1	Basketball	40	38.5	Basketball	23	24.0	Working out	9	23.7
Basketball	47	38.8	Soccer	31	29.8	Running	23	24.0	Biking/cycling	7	18.4
Baseball	41	33.9	Baseball	21	20.2	Biking/cycling	20	20.8	Soccer	5	13.2
Swimming	29	24.0	Football	14	13.5	Track & Field	16	16.7	Golf	4	10.5
Dance	21	17.4	Swimming	13	12.5	Baseball	14	14.6	Skiing	4	10.5
Football	14	11.6	Softball	12	11.5	Working out	13	13.5	Flag Football	3	7.9
Skiing	13	10.7	Dance	12	11.5	Football	13	13.5	Football	3	7.9
Softball	12	9.9	Skiing	12	11.5	Lacrosse	12	12.5	Dance	2	5.3
Hockey	11	9.1	Running	12	11.5	Weightlifting	11	11.5	Basketball	2	5.3
Gymnastics	11	9.1							Volleyball	2	5.3
									Walking	2	5.3
									Hiking	2	5.3
									Crew/rowing	2	5.3

Frequency represents the number of patients reporting participation in each sport during each academic stage; the top 10 sports most frequently reported by stage are listed. The percentages represent how many patients reported participation in each sport divided by the total number of patients in the academic stage.

Table 4 Association between total activity score¹ and patient age

Child age (yr)	Univariate		Multivariate2
	Mean (SE)	P value	Mean (SE)	P value
Less than 10	18.3 (2.4)	Ref	19.1 (2.6)	Ref
10 to 14	16.9 (1.4)	0.61	17.4 (1.9)	0.53
15 to 18	16.4 (1.1)	0.48	17.1 (1.7)	0.45
19 and older	13.6 (1.3)	0.09	14.5 (1.6)	0.10

¹Hospital for Special Surgery-Pediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale score.

²Sex and Inflammatory Bowel Disease type was adjusted in multivariate analysis.

Mean and standard error of the total activity score are reported for each age category. SE: Standard error.