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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Oct;67(10):1387–1396. doi: 10.1002/acr.22609

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Group [Mean (SD) / % (n)]

Demographic and
Clinical Variables
Controls: No Pain Disorder Knee Osteoarthritis (ACR) Total Sample

RDC Good
sleeper
RDC Primary
Insomnia
RDC Good
Sleeper
RDC Insomnia
Age (mean ± SD) 57.6 (7.3) 58.9 (8.6) 66.55 (10.6)*** 59.2 (9.1) 60.0 (9.4)
Female 62.1 (18) 80.0 (24) 51.6 (16) 78.0 (92) 72.1 (150)

Race/Ethnicity N = 29 N = 30 N = 31 N = 118 N = 208

Non-Hispanic White American 69.0 (20) 50.0 (15) 74.2 (23) 55.1 (65) 59.1 (123)
African American 24.1 (7) 46.7 (14) 22.6 (7) 41.5 (49) 37.0 (77)
Asian American 3.4 (1) 3.3 (1) 3.2 (1) 2.5 (3) 2.9 (6)
Multiracial 3.4 (1) 0 0 .8 (1) 1.0 (2)

Education Level N = 29 N = 30 N = 31 N = 117 N = 207

High School/Some College 31.0 (9) 43.2 (13) 32.3 (10) 51.4 (60) 44.4 (92)
College Graduate 44.8 (13) 30.0 (9) 22.6 (7) 21.4 (25) 26.1 (54)
Graduate Studies 24.1 (7) 26.7(8) 45.1 (14) 27.4 (32) 29.5 (61)

Occupational Status N = 29 N = 30 N = 31 N = 117 N = 207

Full-Time Employment 34.5 (10) 30 (9) 25.8 (8) 29.1 (34) 29.5 (61)
Part-Time Employment 20.7 (6) 23.3 (7) 16.1 (5) 13.7 (16) 16.4 (34)
Student 3.4 (1) 0 0 0 0.5 (1)
Homemaker 3.4 (1) 10.0 (3) 3.2 (1) 5.1 (6) 5.3 (11)
Unemployed 17.2 (5) 13.3 (4) 0 20.5 (24) 15.9 (33)
Retired 20.7 (6) 23.3 (7) 54.8 (17) 31.6 (37) 32.4 (67)

Marital Status N = 29 N = 30 N = 31 N = 117 N = 207

Single/Divorced/Separated/Widowed 58.6 (17) 53.4 (12) 38.8 (12) 53.8 (63) 52.2 (108)
Living with partner 3.4 (1) 0 3.2 (1) 2.6 (3) 2.4 (5)
Married 34.5 (10) 46.7 (14) 48.4 (15) 41.9 (49) 42.5 (88)

Yearly Household Income N = 28 N = 27 N = 30 N = 101 N = 186

$25,000 or less 21.4 (6) 18.5 (5) 3.3 (1) 28.7 (29) 22.0 (41)
$25,001–$50,000 39.3 (11) 18.5 (5) 36.7 (11) 31.7 (32) 31.7 (59)
$50,001–$75,000 17.9 (5) 25.9 (7) 33.3 (10) 13.9 (14) 19.4 (36)
>$75,000 21.4 (6) 37.0 (10) 26.7 (8) 25.7 (26) 26.9 (50)

Clinical Variables N = 28–29 N = 26–31 N = 29–30 N = 114–118 N = 198–208

BMI 26.0 (4.8) 26.8 (5.1) 29.1 (4.7)* 31.2 (6.5)*** 29.5 (6.2)***
SBP 124.8 (17.0) 122.6 (17.5) 132.4 (22.2) 129.7 (19.3) 128.3 (19.3)
DBP 77.9 (12.4) 77.9 (12.1) 79.0 (12.4) 81.3 (11.0) 80.0 (11.6)
WOMAC (total score) .11 (.1) .22 (.2) 3.0 (2.2)*** 4.9 (2.2)*** 3.3 (2.8)***
Diary Pain (0–100) 12.9 (9.2) 18.1 (12.5) 31.2 (18.8)*** 46.0 (18.5)*** 36.4 (21.3)***
PSQI 2.6 (1.8) 12.5 (3.3)*** 3.4 (2.2) 11.9 (3.2)*** 9.4 (5.1)***
ISI 1.3 (1.7) 17.6 (5.1)*** 2.2 (2.5) 17.2 (4.9)*** 12.8 (8.3)***
ESS 4.3 (3.0) 7.1 (6.0)* 5.6 (3.9) 9.5 (5.1)*** 7.8 (5.2)***
PCS 6.1 (8.4) 6.9 (9.4) 4.4 (4.4) 15.2 (10.3)*** 11.1 (10.4***
CES-D 3.1 (3.3) 13.9 (8.2)*** 3.5 (4.1) 14.1 (8.5)*** 10.9 (8.8)***

Differ from Non Pain Control Good Sleeper Reference group, two-tailed t-test

*

(p<.05),

**

(p<.01),

***

(p<.001).

Omnibus significance level is noted in the Total Sample column

Abbreviations: BMI: Body Mass Index; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; WOMAC: Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; ISI: Insomnia Severity Index; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale; CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

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