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Sample characteristics: socio-demographics information and history of rheumatic disease
| N (%) | |
| Gender | |
| Women | 1014 (62.4) |
| Men | 612 (37.6) |
| Self-report Rheumatic Diseases | n (%) |
| Any | 528 (32.6) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 48 (3.0) |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 24 (1.5) |
| Hand osteoarthritis | 211 (13.0) |
| Hip osteoarthritis | 117 (7.2) |
| Knee osteoarthritis | 247 (15.2) |
| Osteoporosis | 265 (16.3) |
| Other | 5 (0.3) |
| Age (years) | mean ± SD |
| 58 (14) | |
| Education level (years) | 9 (5) |
