Table 5

Relation between pain in individual joint areas and functional ability (mHAQ) (proportion of subjects %)

	mHAQ score	All	Back	Neck	Shoulder	Elbow	Hip	Knee	Hand	Most joints plus ⩾3 joint areas	No pain
Sample size		3999	166	71	88	23	35	219	68	743	1997
Women
16–44	>0	22	67	0	29	25	0	31	100	73	3
	>0.5	7	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0
45–64	>0	36	67	18	27	0	63	43	33	81	7
	>0.5	14	11	9	0	0	13	7	7	49	1
65–74	>0	44	53	30	19	0	50	50	25	86	10
	>0.5	19	18	0	0	0	17	13	0	47	4
75+	>0	60	62	43	67	100	86	64	73	91	28
	>0.5	36	29	14	33	0	71	32	27	62	15
Men
16–44	>0	18	55	25	33	50	50	24	13	72	2
	>0.5	6	16	25	0	50	0	0	13	31	0
45–64	>0	33	55	0	40	18	67	63	0	82	7
	>0.5	16	23	0	0	9	0	30	0	50	2
65–74	>0	34	57	21	31	0	0	54	33	75	14
	>0.5	13	7	7	15	0	0	9	0	41	5
75+	>0	41	57	11	47	100	33	54	33	79	21
	>0.5	22	29	0	18	0	0	23	0	60	8