Fig. 1

Adjusted association between country of residence and employment, absenteeism and presenteeism using the country with the most favorable work outcome (i.e. highest employment rate and lowest absenteeism and presenteeism) as a reference. a Adjusted for age, gender, level of education, modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (mHAQ), 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) and Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index (RDCI). b Adjusted for age, gender, mHAQ, DAS28 and RDCI. c Adjusted for age, gender, mHAQ and DAS28. MA Morocco, EG Egypt, VE Venezuela, UY Uruguay, AR Argentina, HU Hungary, IT Italy, ES Spain, KR Korea, JP Japan, FR France, UK United Kingdom, TW Taiwan, DE Germany, AT Austria, NL Netherlands, USA United States of America, GDP gross domestic product