Table 1-2

Relative risk2-1-150 (with 95% confidence interval (CI)) of developing rheumatoid factor positive rheumatoid arthritis for different stress symptoms among 52 260 participants of the Mobile Clinic Health Examination Survey

Symptom Number of subjects with each symptom Number of
incident cases
Relative risk 95% CI
Nervousness7 725550.950.71 to 1.27
Fatigue10 091741.010.78 to 1.32
Sweating8 828480.720.53 to 0.97
Heart pounding8 509681.120.85 to 1.47
Headache5 544461.100.81 to 1.51
Number of symptoms2-1-151 52 2603430.970.85 to 1.12
  • 2-1-150 Adjusted for age, sex, and smoking history.

  • 2-1-151 Continuous variable; relative risk per one symptom.