Total RA population (n=1056) | Patients with RA with a paid job (35.7%) | Patients with RA without a paid job (64.3%) | |
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Age ( years), mean (95% CI) | 49.0 (48.5 to 49.5) | 45.8 (45.0 to 46.7) | 50.7 (50.1 to 51.3) |
Sex, % men (95% CI) | 27.7 (25.2 to 30.1) | 43.9 (39.2 to 48.7) | 18.6 (15.8 to 21.4) |
High vocational colleges/university, % (95% CI) | 12.1 (10.1 to 14.2) | 20.2 (16.2 to 24.1) | 7.5 (5.4 to 9.8) |
Disease duration (years), mean (95% CI) | 11.9 (11.4 to 12.5) | 9.9 (9.2 to 10.6) | 12.9 (12.3 to 13.8) |
Disease activity ( RADAI, 0–10), mean (95% CI) | 4.2 (4.1 to 4.4) | 3.5 (3.3 to 3.7) | 4.6 (4.5 to 4.8) |
Disability score (HAQ, 0–3), mean (95% CI) | 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) | 0.7 (0.60 to 0.72) | 1.2 (1.13 to 1.26) |
Quality of life (RAND-36, 0–100), mean (95% CI) | |||
Physical functioning | 49.2 (47.2 to 50.8) | 62.2 (59.7 to 64.6) | 42.0 (40.0 to 44.1) |
Role impairment due to physical functioning | 44.5 (41.9 to 47.3) | 60.0 (55.7 to 64.2) | 34.9 (31.1 to 38.7) |
Social functioning | 72.5 (70.9 to 74.0) | 80.2 (78.1 to 82.2) | 68.1 (66.1 to 70.2) |
Role impairment due to social functioning | 74.6 (71.9 to 77.3) | 84.9 (81.6 to 88.1) | 68.4 (64.5 to 72.3) |
Mental health | 72.2 (71.0 to 73.4) | 77.0 (75.3 to 78.6) | 69.5 (68.0 to 71.1) |
Reduced vitality | 53.4 (52.2 to 54.7) | 58.3 (56.5 to 60.1) | 50.7 (49.0 to 52.4) |
Painlessness | 55.7 (54.3 to 57.0) | 63.7 (61.7 to 65.7) | 51.2 (49.4 to 53.0) |
General health Changes in health over the past year | 49.7 (48.4 to 51.1) 38.8 (37.6 to 39.9) | 55.3 (53.3 to 57.2) 41.6 (39.9 to 43.4) | 46.6 (44.8 to 48.4) 37.1 (35.6 to 38.7) |