Percentage employment (and full employment) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) by sex and age category in comparison with the Dutch population
| AS total | AS men | AS women | Dutch total | Dutch men | Dutch women | ||
| <20 years | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 19.8 (7.6) | 21.7 (9.2) | 17.7 (5.7) | |
| 20–24 years | 50.0 (42.9) | 44.4 (33.3) | 60.0 (60.0) | 57.4 (39.7) | 58.6 (46.1) | 56.2 (33.1) | |
| 25–29 years | 70.4 (55.8) | 70.4 (65.4) | 70.6 (41.2) | 79.6 (61.4) | 85.9 (79.4) | 73.0 (42.7) | |
| 30–34 years | 74.2 (57.8) | 80.6 (77.8) | 57.9 (10.5) | 78.5 (55.8) | 91.4 (84.6) | 62.5 (25.5) | |
| 35–39 years | 73.1 (53.9) | 83.9 (72.6) | 57.1 (25.0) | 75.6 (52.4) | 93.3 (86.1) | 57.6 (17.5) | |
| 40–44 years | 70.2 (51.5) | 76.1 (63.0) | 53.6 (21.4) | 75.3 (50.2) | 92.3 (83.4) | 57.8 (16.2) | |
| 45–49 years | 64.5 (43.9) | 68.9 (52.8) | 52.9 (20.6) | 70.3 (48.8) | 87.7 (80.4) | 52.2 (15.9) | |
| 50–54 years | 58.6 (48.5) | 71.4 (56.0) | 18.5 (7.4) | 70.6 (50.1) | 92.9 (83.6) | 47.4 (15.1) | |
| 55–60 years | 38.0 (29.7) | 43.3 (34.8) | 24.0 (16.0) | 45.2 (31.8) | 65.0 (55.2) | 25.1 (7.9) | |
| Total2-150 | 62.9 (46.7) | 69.5 (57.8) | 47.5 (20.9) | 65.7 (47.1) | 78.8 (70.1) | 52.2 (21.0) | |
| Adjusted ratio [95% CI] | 0.82 [0.78 to 0.87] | 0.80 [0.76 to 0.85] | 0.90 [0.77 to 1.03] | ||||
| (0.77 [0.71 to 0.84]) | (0.74 [0.68 to 0.80]) | (1.12 [0.81 to 1.42]) | |||||
| Adjusted rate2-151 | 54.2 (35.5) | 63.4 (51.8) | 46.9 (23.4) | ||||