Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants across different tertiles of MIND score.
Variables | MIND score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tertile 1 (n = 52) | Tertile 2 (n = 57) | Tertile 3 (n = 49) | p-value | |
Demographic information | ||||
Age (years) mean ± SD | 41.23 ± 13.79 | 43.49 ± 12.61 | 42.76 ± 11.39 | 0.64* |
Sex (male) n(%) | 27 (51.9) | 28 (49.1) | 29 (59.2) | 0.57** |
Current smoker n(%) | 8 (15.4) | 7 (12.3) | 7 (14.3) | 0.89** |
Disease-related information | ||||
Disease duration (Month) mean ± SD | 8.12 ± 3.36 | 7.88 ± 5.22 | 7.78 ± 6.09 | 0.92* |
Treatments | ||||
Mezalazine n(%) | 52 (100) | 53(100) | 53 (100) | - |
Azathioprine n(%) | 38 (73.1) | 39 (68.4) | 31 (63.3) | 0.57** |
Prednisolone n(%) | 27 (51.9) | 21 (36.8) | 11 (22.4) | 0.02** |
Disease extension n(%) | ||||
Ulcerative proctitis | 3 (5.8) | 8 (14) | 5 (10.2) | 0.18** |
Left-sided colitis | 23 (44.2) | 33 (57.9) | 31 (63.3) | |
Proctosigmoiditis | 21 (40.4) | 13 (22.8) | 11 (22.4) | |
Pancolitis | 5 (9.6) | 3 (5.3) | 2 (4.1) | |
Nutrition-related information | ||||
Energy intake (kcal/day) mean ± SD | 2203.47 ± 332.63 | 2154.68 ± 361.99 | 2149.89 ± 455.26 | 0.73 |
Carbohydrate (g/day) | 345.70 ± 72.84 | 331.44 ± 11.45 | 331.92 ± 78.43 | 0.52 |
Protein (g/day) | 66.20 ± 12.89 | 64.88 ± 12.13 | 66.72 ± 15.50 | 0.76 |
Fat (g/day) | 65.40 ± 11.23 | 67.58 ± 11.45 | 65.73 ± 16.20 | 0.64 |
BMI (Kg/m2) mean ± SD | 24.97 ± 3.58 | 26.79 ± 5.48 | 25.55 ± 3.35 | 0.08* |
BMI categories n(%) | ||||
<18.5 (Kg/m 2 ) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.5) | 2 (4.1) | 0.73** |
18.5–24.99 (Kg/m 2 ) | 26 (50.0) | 25 (43.9) | 18 (36.7) | |
≥25 (Kg/m 2 ) | 25 (48.1) | 30 (52.6) | 29 (59.2) | |
Nutritional supplements use n(%) | 46 (88.5) | 49 (86) | 43 (87.8) | 0.92** |
Following diet n(%) | 11 (21.2) | 18 (31.6) | 26 (53.1) | 0.009* |
