. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 2.

Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Dec;58(12):3854–3864. doi: 10.1002/art.24319

Table 3.

Demographic characteristics of CARRIAGE family study participants (n=280).

	Hypermobility (N=36) (Beighton score≥4)	Non-hypermobility (N=244) (Beighton score<4)	P Value
Age, years	53.27±14.38	56.36±14.64	0.24
BMI (kg/m²)	29.67±6.09	31.23±6.67	0.19
Female %	83.3% (n=30)	66.4% (n=162)
Joint self-reported symptoms	N (% of group of 25 total)	N (% of group of 224 total)
Hand symptoms	1 (4.0%)	47 (21.0%)	0.02
Knee symptoms	5 (20.0%)	92 (41.1%)	0.03
Hip symptoms	5 (20.0%)	43 (19.2%)	0.92
Spine symptoms	12 (48.0%)	101 (45.1%)	0.78
Ankle symptoms	4 (16.0%)	38 (17.0%)	0.90
Shoulder symptoms	7 (28.0%)	68 (30.4%)	0.80
Elbow symptoms	2 (8.0%)	23 (10.3%)	0.71
Wrist symptoms	3 (12.0%)	30 (13.4%)	0.84
Big toes	2 (8%)	16 (7.1%)	0.87

For evaluation of age and BMI between hypermobility and non-hypermobility groups, P value was generated by unpaired t test

For evaluation of symptoms between hypermobility and non-hypermobility groups, P value was generated by Likelihood ratio Chi-square for joint self-reported symptoms