Biochemical markers of disease activity/severity that were measured in the study included fecal calprotectin, which showed a nonsignificant trend toward higher levels in the “active disease” group, and vitamin D, which was not different (Figure 3 b,c).
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Quality of Life Is Associated With Wearable-Based Physical Activity in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective, Observational Study.
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In addition, duration of vigorous and very vigorous activity showed a trend toward higher levels in the “remission” group.
Our findings indicate that the total number of steps per day and the amount of vigorous activity showed a positive trend toward patients in remission, although this did not reach statistical significance.
Total steps per day were numerically lower in the “active disease” group than in the remission group, but this finding failed to reach statistical significance.
When we compared calprotectin levels between the 2 groups, we could not find a significant difference between the groups, although there was a clear trend toward higher calprotectin levels within the group in active IBD.