Table 1 Description of studied sociodemographic characteristics among RA patients at baseline
From: Burden of rheumatoid arthritis on patients’ work productivity and quality of life
Characteristic | Argentina | Brazil | Colombia | Mexico | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 75) | (N = 68) | (N = 72) | (N = 75) | (N = 290) | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age [Mean/SD] | 43.4 | 7.8 | 45.9 | 6.8 | 49.3 | 8.9 | 41.6 | 9.5 | 43.7 | 8.4 |
Gender | ||||||||||
Female | 68 | 90.7 | 59 | 86.8 | 64 | 88.9 | 70 | 93.3 | 261 | 90.0 |
Race | ||||||||||
Mestizo | NA | NA | 15 | 22.1 | 45 | 62.5 | 72 | 96 | 132 | 45.6 |
Caucasian/White | 37 | 49.3 | 36 | 52.9 | 3 | 4.2 | NA | NA | 76 | 26.2 |
Hispanic/Latin | 37 | 49.3 | NA | NA | 21 | 29.2 | NA | NA | 58 | 20.0 |
African American | NA | NA | 14 | 20.6 | 1 | 1.4 | – | – | 15 | 5.2 |
Brazilian Indian | NA | NA | 1 | 1.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 0.3 |
Native American | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 1.4 | NA | NA | 1 | 0.3 |
Other | NA | NA | 2 | 2.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 0.7 |
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married | 41 | 54.7 | 35 | 51.5 | 30 | 41.7 | 41 | 54.7 | 147 | 50.7 |
Single/Not ever married | 20 | 26.7 | 19 | 27.9 | 24 | 33.3 | 18 | 24.0 | 81 | 27.9 |
Partner/Common law | 8 | 10.7 | 4 | 5.9 | 11 | 15.3 | 5 | 6.7 | 28 | 9.7 |
Divorced | 2 | 2.6 | 5 | 7.4 | 1 | 1.3 | 7 | 9.3 | 15 | 5.2 |
Separated | 4 | 5.3 | – | – | 3 | 4.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 8 | 2.8 |
Widowed | – | – | 3 | 4.3 | 3 | 4.2 | 2 | 2.7 | 8 | 2.7 |
Educational level | ||||||||||
Incomplete High School | 18 | 24.0 | 32 | 47.1 | 15 | 20.8 | 6 | 8.0 | 71 | 24.5 |
Complete High School | 17 | 22.7 | 18 | 26.5 | 12 | 16.7 | 17 | 22.7 | 64 | 22.1 |
Technical or trade school | NA | NA | 5 | 7.4 | 16 | 22.2 | 20 | 26.7 | 41 | 14.1 |
Complete or incomplete graduate degree | 35 | 46.7 | 4 | 5.8 | 20 | 27.8 | 18 | 24.0 | 77 | 26.6 |
Complete postgraduate | 2 | 2.6 | 4 | 5.8 | 9 | 12.5 | 4 | 5.3 | 19 | 6.6 |
Primary occupation | ||||||||||
Professional or technical | 16 | 21.3 | 4 | 5.9 | 18 | 25.0 | 13 | 17.3 | 51 | 17.6 |
Office worker | 13 | 17.3 | 3 | 4.4 | 13 | 18.1 | 4 | 5.3 | 33 | 11.4 |
Service worker | 9 | 12.0 | 10 | 14.7 | 11 | 15.3 | 7 | 9.3 | 37 | 12.8 |
Sales | 7 | 9.3 | 2 | 2.9 | 6 | 8.3 | 6 | 8.0 | 21 | 7.2 |
Manager, official or proprietor | 4 | 5.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | 8.3 | 5 | 6.7 | 16 | 5.5 |
Craftsman or foreman | 2 | 2,7 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.3 | 7 | 2.4 |
Operative | 1 | 1.3 | 3 | 4.4 | 3 | 4.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 8 | 2.8 |
Other | 12 | 16.0 | 6 | 8.8 | 11 | 15.3 | 34 | 45.3 | 69 | 21.7 |
NI | 11 | 14.7 | 37 | 54.4 | 2 | 2.8 | 4 | 5.3 | 54 | 18.6 |
Smoking habit | ||||||||||
Nonsmokers | 40 | 53.3 | 39 | 57.4 | 47 | 65.3 | 51 | 68.0 | 177 | 61.0 |
Former smokers | 22 | 29.3 | 17 | 25.0 | 20 | 27.8 | 12 | 16.0 | 71 | 24.5 |
Current smokers | 13 | 17.4 | 12 | 17.6 | 5 | 6.9 | 11 | 14.7 | 41 | 14.2 |