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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2010 May 10;11(12):1338–1347. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.03.009

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations by sex for demographics and physical health variables.

Men (n=70) Women (n=158) t-value or (Chi-square) p-value
Age (years) 61.26 (13.60) 52.73 (12.24) 4.71 .0001
% Caucasian 91.4% 89.2 (.26) .81
% Married/Partnered 68.6% 62.7% (.74) .39
Education 5.79 (1.63) 6.17 (1.47) 1.76 .08
Income 12.61 (4.03) 13.23 (4.33) .99 .32
% Employed 25.7% 41.4% (5.14) .03
Years since RA Diagnosis 15.27 (13.45) 12.65 (12.95) −1.37 .17
SF-36 General Health (1=poor to 5 =excellent) 2.78 (.85) 2.95 (.99) 1.24 .22
% with co-morbid pain condition(s) 51.5% 56.1% (.40) .56

Note: RA= Rheumatoid Arthritis. Co-morbid pain conditions include osteoarthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, scerloderma, gout, and lupus erythematosus.