OBJECTIVES: İnflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disease which includes Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease (CD). Various types of dysfunctions associated with cardiovascular system were documented in these patients. It has been shown that heart rate recovery (HRR) after exercise was an estimate of impaired parasympathic tone and predictor of all cause and cardiovascular mortality. The aim of the study was to assess HRR in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. METHODS: