Table 2

Patient characteristics in the QUEST–RA study in Europe and other countries, in descending order of GDP

Country	GDP 2005 per capita (US$1000)	Sites	Patients	Women, %	Age, years, mean	Education, years, median	Smoking now, %	BMI, mean	Disease duration, years, mean
Europe
Ireland	48.7	3	240	64	56	12	24	25	11
Denmark	47.9	3	301	77	58	10	31	25	12
Sweden	39.6	3	260	72	59	10	19	25	12
The Netherlands	38.9	3	317	66	59	11	22	26	9
Finland	37.3	3	304	72	59	9	15	27	14
UK	37.3	3	145	78	60	12	19	25	15
France	35.0	4	389	78	55	10	19	25	13
Germany	33.9	2	225	84	59	10	13	26	13
Italy	30.5	4	336	78	61	8	16	25	10
Spain	26.1	3	302	74	60	10	17	26	11
Greece	25.6	3	300	76	58	12	15	26	12
Hungary	10.9	3	153	87	58	12	24	25	13
Estonia	10.3	3	168	85	56	12	14	26	12
Poland	8.0	7	642	87	53	12	11	25	12
Lithuania	7.5	2	300	83	54	13	7	26	11
Latvia	7.0	1	79	80	53	13	18	27	13
Serbia	3.5	1	100	88	59	8	18	26	10
Kosovo	3.5	1	100	84	55	8	5	28	8
Non-Europe
USA	41.9	3	301	73	57	13	20	28	9
Canada	35.2	1	100	79	58	12	30	27	12
UAE	32.4	2	199	86	45	15	6	26	6
Russia	5.3	3	73	85	54	13	15	26	6
Turkey	5.0	3	309	86	52	5	13	27	12
Brazil	4.8	5	115	89	52	8	13	25	8
Argentina	4.7	2	246	90	51	9	21	26	10
Total		71	6004	79	56	11	17	26	11

BMI, body mass index; GDP, gross domestic product; UAE, United Arab Emirates.