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Table 1 Characteristics of study sample

From: Large country differences in work outcomes in patients with RA – an analysis in the multinational study COMORA

Total study sample (n = 3920)

Sample ≤ 60 years, n = 2359

 

Age, mean (SD)

Women, number (percentage)

Level of education, number (percentage)

mHAQ, mean (SD)

DAS28, mean (SD)

Employed, number (percentage)

 

Employed, number (percentage)

Percent absenteeism, mean (SD)

Percent presenteeism, mean (SD)

 

Primary

Secondary

University

  

n = 993

n = 914

Austria (n = 204)

58.6 (12.7)

167 (81.9)

145 (71.1)

41 (20.1)

18 (8.8)

1.0 (0.6)

3.3 (1.3)

62 (30.4)

n = 105

61 (58.1)

9.4 (24.7)

26.5 (23.5)

Argentina (n = 200)

55.5 (11.7)

175 (87.5)

85 (42.5)

87 (43.5)

28 (14.0)

1.1 (0.6)

4.0 (1.3)

56 (28.0)

n = 133

46 (34.6)

22.4 (36.3)

3136.6 (31.7)

Egypt (n = 308)

47.5 (11.3)

262 (85.1)

190 (61.7)

58 (18.8)

60 (19.5)

1.3 (0.7)

5.3 (1.5)

76 (24.7)

n = 281

74 (26.3)

26.4 (33.9)

31.2 (25.8)

France (n = 411)

58.1 (11.8)

334 (81.3)

112 (27.4)

181 (44.3)

116 (28.4)

0.9 (0.6)

3.1 (1.5)

132 (32.6)

n = 217

116 (53.7)

8.5 (26.1)

20.0 (21.4)

Germany (n = 209)

59.3 (12.2)

152 (72.3)

0 (0.0)

176 (84.2)

33 (15.8)

1.0 (0.7)

3.5 (1.6)

74 (35.5)

n = 113

71 (62.8)

11.2 (30.2)

25.8 (24.5)

Hungary, (n = 201)

59.0 (25.8)

179 (89.1)

38 (18.9)

111 (55.2)

52 (25.9)

1.4 (0.7)

1.4 (0.7)

50 (24.9)

n = 97

43 (44.3)

35.8 (46.0)

22.4 (24.7)

Italy (n = 228)

61.4 (11.7)

176 (77.2)

147 (64.5)

69 (30.3)

12 (5.3)

1.0 (0.6)

3.7 (1.4)

56 (24. 6)

n = 101

50 (49.5)

10.9 (27.8)

31.1 (30.2)

Japan (n = 207)

62.9 (12.7)

168 (81.2)

40 (19.3)

127 (61.4)

40 (19.3)

0.9 (0.6)

3.1 (1.3)

71 (34.3)

n = 72

40 (55.6)

2.6 (9.2)

21.0 (24.2)

Korea (n = 400)

56.3 (11.9)

336 (84.0)

107 (26.8)

194 (48.6)

98 (24.6)

0.9 (0.6)

3.5 (1.4)

118 (29.5)

n = 238

95 (39.9)

2.5 (12.1)

24.7 (23.8)

Morocco (n = 227)

48.3 (12.8)

189 (83.3)

145 (65.6)

41 (18.6)

35 (15.8)

1.5 (0.8)

5.2 (1.6)

34 (15.0)

n = 184

33 (18.2)

43.8 (43.9)

34.0 (22.3)

Netherlands (n = 139)

58.8 (13.7)

91 (65.5)

7 (6.6)

20 (18.9)

79 (74.5)

1.2 (0.6)

2.6 (1.1)

49 (35.3)

n = 70

43 (61.4)

13.8 (30.4)

27.8 (32.2)

Spain (n = 200)

58.5 (12.4)

158 (79.0)

102 (52.3)

61 (31.3)

32 (16.4)

1.1 (0.7)

3.3 (1.4)

70 (35.0)

n = 110

67 (60.9)

4.4 (18.3)

19.7 (28.6)

Taiwan (n = 313)

53.7 (13.3)

255 (81.5)

132 (42.3)

119 (38.1)

61 (19.6)

0.7 (0.5)

3.8 (1.3)

110 (35.3)

n = 215

104 (48.4)

3.6 (12.5)

31.5 (23.8)

USA (n = 400)

56.2 (13.7)

308 (77.0)

18 (4.9)

132 (35.8)

219 (59.4)

1.0 (0.6)

3.6 (1.4)

183 (45.8)

n = 244

148 (60.7)

7.0 (19.4)

23.4 (24.5)

Venezuela (n = 200)

54.1 (11.3)

181 (90.5)

87 (43.9)

71 (35.9)

40 (20.2)

0.9 (0.6)

3.9 (1.5)

56 (28.0)

n = 144

52 (36.1)

10.4 (28.3)

13.1 (22.0)

UK (n = 43)

59.4 (13.4)

34 (79.1)

0 (0.0)

29 (67.4)

14 (32.6)

1.2 (0.7)

3.7 (1.5)

16 (37.2)

n = 18

10 (55.6)

13.0 (35.2)

20.0 (20.8)

Uruguay (n = 30)

57.7 (10.6)

26 (86.7)

13 (43.3)

13 (43.3)

4 (13.3)

1.0 (0.7)

3.3 (1.9)

12 (40.0)

n = 17

12 (70.6)

4.4 (15.4)

14.2 (29.4)

Total (N = 3920)

56.3 (13.0)

3191 (81.4)

1368 (35.6)

1530 (39.9)

941 (24.5)

1.0 (0.7)

3.7 (1.6)

1225 (31.3)

N = 2359

1065 (45.22)

17.4 (30.5)

25.3 (25.6)

  1. USA United States of America, UK United Kingdom