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Table 4 DAS28: differences between females and males by country

From: Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics, and treatments in the QUEST-RA Study

 

Female,

mean (SD)

Male,

mean (SD)

Difference,

mean (95% CI)

Effect sizea

(95% CI)

Netherlands

3.07 (1.19)

3.03 (1.37)

0.03 (-0.26 to 0.33)

0.03 (-0.23 to 0.29)

Finland

3.37 (1.35)

3.01 (1.60)

0.37 (0.01 to 0.73)

0.26 (-0.03 to 0.55)

USA

3.59 (1.56)

2.65 (1.61)

0.94 (0.54 to 1.35)

0.60 (0.31 to 0.85)

Greece

3.52 (1.49)

2.72 (1.37)

0.79 (0.40 to 1.19)

0.55 (0.28 to 0.80)

Denmark

3.49 (1.41)

3.05 (1.53)

0.44 (0.05 to 0.83)

0.31 (0.03 to 0.60)

Spain

3.59 (1.38)

3.33 (1.31)

0.26 (-0.10 to 0.62)

0.19 (-0.07 to 0.45)

France

3.69 (1.41)

3.56 (1.74)

0.13 (-0.24 to 0.49)

0.09 (-0.22 to 0.36)

Sweden

3.83 (1.58)

3.80 (1.62)

0.04 (-0.40 to 0.48)

0.02 (-0.24 to 0.30)

UK

4.09 (1.41)

3.56 (1.34)

0.53 (-0.04 to 1.11)

0.39 (-0.05 to 0.74)

Ireland

4.16 (1.51)

4.03 (1.86)

0.13 (-0.32 to 0.57)

0.08 (-0.25 to 0.34)

Canada

4.13 (1.57)

4.17 (1.88)

-0.04 (-0.88 to 0.79)

-0.03 (-0.60 to 0.57)

Turkey

4.16 (1.43)

4.12 (1.27)

0.05 (-0.44 to 0.54)

0.03 (-0.28 to 0.37)

Brazil

4.25 (1.41)

3.66 (1.52)

0.59 (-0.25 to 1.42)

0.42 (-0.20 to 1.08)

UAE

4.33 (1.72)

3.83 (1.90)

0.50 (-0.25 to 1.24)

0.29 (-0.20 to 0.72)

Germany

4.47 (1.63)

3.84 (1.97)

0.64 (0.03 to 1.25)

0.38 (-0.00 to 0.79)

Italy

4.51 (1.24)

4.38 (1.37)

0.13 (-0.22 to 0.48)

0.10 (-0.17 to 0.42)

Estonia

4.70 (1.43)

4.53 (1.83)

0.16 (-0.50 to 0.83)

0.11 (-0.37 to 0.63)

Russia

4.89 (1.46)

5.33 (0.86)

-0.44 (-1.40 to 0.51)

-0.32 (-0.82 to 0.19)

Hungary

5.13 (1.23)

4.51 (1.24)

0.61 (0.00 to 1.23)

0.50 (0.02 to 1.07)

Latvia

5.24 (1.59)

5.11(1.41)

0.13 (-0.78 to 1.03)

0.08 (-0.49 to 0.68)

Poland

5.32 (1.44)

5.20 (1.43)

0.12 (-0.22 to 0.45)

0.08 (-0.15 to 0.32)

Argentina

5.35 (1.68)

5.36 (1.95)

-0.02 (-0.76 to 0.72)

-0.01 (-0.48 to 0.54)

Lithuania

5.49 (1.30)

5.51 (1.30)

-0.02 (-0.43 to 0.38)

-0.02 (-0.34 to 0.30)

Serbia

5.93 (1.30)

5.93 (0.97)

-0.01 (-0.78 to 0.77)

-0.00 (-0.45 to 0.51)

Kosovo

6.08 (0.95)

5.83 (0.99)

0.25 (-0.26 to 0.77)

0.27 (-0.32 to 0.91)

All

4.30 (1.64)

3.76 (1.76)

0.54 (0.43 to 0.65)

0.33 (0.25 to 0.39)

  1. aCohen's D with bias-corrected 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from bootstrapping (1,000 replications). DAS28, disease activity score using 28 joint counts; SD, standard deviation; UAE, United Arab Emirates.