Table 1 Comparison of the demographic variables in patients acoording to the contiuation status
From: Attitudes of patients with a rheumatic disease on drug use in the COVID-19 pandemic
|  | Ongoing (n = 216) | Interrupted/stop (n = 62) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 47.75 ± 13.09 | 46.8 ± 12.86 | 0.616 |
Gender | Â | Â | 0.073 |
 Female | 133 (74.3%) | 46 (25.7%) |  |
 Male | 83 (83.8%) | 16 (16.2%) |  |
Diagnosis | Â | Â | 0.248 |
 Rheumatoid arthritis | 109 (74.7%) | 37 (25.3%) |  |
 Spondylitis | 107 (81.1%) | 25 (18.9%) |  |
BMI | 26.9 ± 5.18 | 28.27 ± 6.39 | 0.083 |
Smoking | Â | Â | 0.327 |
 Active | 58 (78.4%) | 16 (21.6%) |  |
 Non-smoker | 134 (75.7%) | 43 (24.3%) |  |
 Previous | 24 (88.9%) | 3 (11.1%) |  |
Disease duration | 11.15 ± 8 | 13.93 ± 9.79 | 0.023 |
Disease activity (VAS) | 7.76 ± 1.7 | 6.61 ± 2.33 | 0.001 |
Education | Â | Â | 0.079 |
 Low | 98 (81%) | 23 (19%) |  |
 High school | 81 (80.2%) | 20 (19.8%) |  |
 University | 37 (66.1%) | 19 (33.9%) |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | 0.771 |
 Occupant | 89 (79.5%) | 23 (20.5%) |  |
 Non-working | 106 (75.7%) | 34 (24.3%) |  |
 Retired | 21 (80.8%) | 5 (19.2%) |  |
Mariatial | Â | Â | 0.582 |
 Single | 21 (75%) | 7 (25%) |  |
 Married | 187 (78.2%) | 52(21.8%) |  |
 Divorced/widowed | 6 (66.7%) | 3 (33.3%) |  |
Comorbidity | Â | Â | 0.326 |
 Hypertension | 34 (70.8%) | 14 (29.2%) |  |
 Coroner artery disease | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (28.6%) |  |
 Diabetes mellitus | 14 (82.4%) | 3 (17.6%) |  |
 Pulmonery disease | 2 (50%) | 2 (50%) |  |