Table 2.

Crude and Adjusted^* Point Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Two Danish Surveys, %

	Nationwide Sample, 1961-1962 §		Southern Part of Denmark, 2004 #		Δ Adjusted
	Crude	Adjusted	Crude	Adjusted
Females	1.35	1.59	0.53	0.46	-1.13 (-71)
Males	0.34	0.40	0.33	0.24	-0.16 (-40)
Females and males	0.85	1.04	0.44	0.35	-0.69 (-66)

^*Adjusted for age or age and sex to the 2004 Danish population using the direct method.

^§Rome criteria for active and inactive rheumatoid arthritis [7].

^#Modified 1987 American College of Rheumatology criteria for rheumatoid arthritis [14].