Table 2.

Patient characteristics by race

Characteristic	Black (Number=67)	White (Number=69)
Mean age (range)	55 (22–84)	55 (22–77)
Women (%)	61 (91)	52 (75)
Married (%)	12 (19)	42 (61)
At least some college education (%)	33 (49)	44 (64)
Currently employed (%)	16 (24)	30 (43)
Income at least $40,000 (%)	14 (23)	34 (52)
Insured (%)	64 (96)	60 (88)
Median number of disease modifying drugs used (range)	2 (0–5)	2 (0–5)
Mean HAQ* (range)	1.4 (0–2.6)	0.91 (0–2.4)
Median duration of RA (in years, range)	7 (0.2–32)	8 (0.1–49)

^*Possible score can range from 0 to 3.